Sir Elton John and David Furnish hosted the 18th Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) Academy Awards Viewing Party and raised $3.7 million for the fight against AIDS. The evening began with a cocktail reception, dinner and viewing of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, followed by a very exciting live auction and high voltage performance by the iconic Grace Jones.
As is tradition, immediately following dinner, auctioneer Jamie Niven of Sotheby's led the evening's live aution. Items auctioned included a Lisa Jack contact sheet of a portrait sitting of now President Barack Obama which taken at Occidental College in 1980. This rare piece sold for an astounding $60K. Guests aslo had the opportunity to bid on a private tennis lesson given by legendary tennis pros Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, which sold for $70K and the costume that Sir Elton John wore during his performance with Lady Gaga at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.
The costume sold for $30K. A fantastic 48"X48" William Claxton piece, "Chet Baker (Piano), Hollywood, 1954", was sold for 90K. The lucky winner of this photograph also got to take home Claxton's won Nikon F 35mm Camera as well as the "Jazz Life" trade edition book. Guests also had the chance to bid on a watch from the Elton John Watch Collection designed by Caroline Grousi-Scheufele. The dazzling limited timepiece was sold for $90K. Other auction items included an incredible photograph by Robert Mapplethrope called "Grace Jones, 1984" which was sold for $85K and a surprised his guests with the opportunity to bid on a 7-day stay for 10 people in Elton's home in Windsor or Niece and the winners of this bid will also be able to experience the wonderful dishes cooked by Elton's personal chef, and was sold for 140k.
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