CAP D’ANTIBES, France (AP) – Amid celebrity show offs, indiscreet liaisons, and the aggressive banging of a hammer, the French Riviera’s annual, star-filled amfAR gala brought in its expected share of drama – with celebrity attendees including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jake Gyllenhall, Marion Coillard, Sienna Miller and Adrien Brody.
But, importantly, Thursday’s celebrity auction in Antibes raised in excess of $30 million for the fight against AIDS, a cause for which the late icon Elizabeth Taylor fought, until her death in 2011.
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JEFF KOONS CAPS ART SALES
The highlight of the celebrity auction was the sale, at 12 million euros ($13.4 million,) of artist Jeff Koons’ “Coloring Book” sculpture to Russian billionaire Leonard Blavatnik. It was installed and much admired by guests at the event venue, the Hotel Du Cap-Eden Roc hotel.