CharityBuzz has announced their top 25 celebrity charity auctions from 2013.
From a speaking role in American Hustle to a SpaceX tour with Elon Musk, Charitybuzz just closed another incredible year helping our community do good and live well.
In 2013, Charitybuzz.com auctioned close to 12,000 packages and hit a milestone of $100 million raised for its nonprofit partners. The site saw hundreds of celebs from Reese Witherspoon to One Direction hit the online auction block, but the year’s real superstars were tech and business icons, claiming almost half of the top spots on the list. Apple CEO Tim Cook brought in the highest bid of the year at $610,000, tying a Lamborghini Aventador Roadster also auctioned in 2013.
The full list is as follows:
1. Have coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple’s headquarters to benefit The RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights. Final bid: $610,000
2. Enjoy an all-you-can-eat tour of See’s Candy Factory plus meet Warren Buffett to benefit Communities in Schools Los Angeles. Final bid: $156,000
3. Score a private tennis lesson with Rafael Nadal to benefit The Rafa Nadal Foundation. Final bid: $150,000
4. Enjoy dinner for four with President Clinton to benefit Oceana. Final bid: $110,000
5. Appear in American Hustle starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Christian Bale and Amy Adams with a speaking role to benefit the Kenny Gordon Foundation. Final bid: $96,001
6. Enjoy a power lunch with Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer at Yahoo!’s headquarters to benefit Aspire East Palo Alto Charter School. Final bid: $91,000
7. Sit one-on-one with Harvey Weinstein at a private meeting plus attend The Weinstein Company’s Oscars and Golden Globes Parties to benefit The Rose Home. Final bid: $85,000
8. Enjoy coffee with Steve Perry, former lead singer of Journey, to benefit City of Hope. Final bid: $75,000
9. Meet Bruce Springsteen with tickets and E Street Lounge passes to two shows to benefit The Kristen Ann Carr Fund. Final bid: $72,500
10. Meet Katy Perry at any upcoming show of your choice to benefit Musicians on Call. Final bid: $66,000
11. Take home a Limited Edition LeBron James Audemars Piguet watch, plus enjoy dinner with LeBron’s manager Maverick Carter and VIP Heat tickets to benefit The LeBron James Foundation. Final bid: $63,000
12. Score two tickets to the star-studded 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Afterparty to benefit The Windward School. Find bid: $57,000
13. Sit in on The Howard Stern Show and meet Howard Stern and team to benefit Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research. Final bid: $52,000
14. Tour the SpaceX Center in Los Angeles and have lunch with CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk to benefit Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Final bid: $50,000
15. Enjoy a walk-on role in the upcoming Superman/Batman film starring Ben Affleck and Amy Adams to benefit the Dominic M. Aguilar Special Needs Trust. Final bid: $45,000
16. Fly on Virgin America to meet Sir Richard Branson for a bottle of champagne at a secret destination to benefit DoSomething.org. Final bid: $40,500
17. Join Julia Roberts for an intimate lunch at the Soho House West Hollywood to benefit GLSEN. Final bid: $40,000
18. Join Rosie O'Donnell and Cyndi Lauper to watch Kinky Boots on Broadway to benefit Rosie's Theater Kids. Final bid: $37,500
19. Enjoy a round of golf with Mayor Michael Bloomberg to benefit The Humane Society of the United States. Final bid: $36,000
20. Join Sir Paul McCartney, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson on stage with a Simply Shakespeare walk-on role to benefit The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. Final bid: $35,001
21. Attend a private dinner party with President Clinton, Ben Affleck and Eddie Vedder to benefit the Clinton Foundation and the Eastern Congo Initiative. Final bid: $35,000
22. Pitch your business idea to Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to benefit WWE Superstars for Sandy Relief. Final bid: $33,125
23. Spend a day with the founder and executive chairman of GoDaddy Bob Parsons to benefit The GO Campaign. Final bid: $32,500
24. Enjoy lunch with Harrison Ford at Ford’s Filling Station to benefit The Tug McGraw Foundation. Final bid: $28,500
25. Attend the premiere of Lee Daniels’ The Butler, plus meet Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Lee Daniels on the red carpet to benefit La Jolla Playhouse. Final bid: $26,000
Honorable mentions go to Peyton Manning, Beyonce, Steven Tyler, Sergio Ramos, Tony Hsieh, J.J. Abrams, Lori Greiner, Paul Haggis, Mariano Rivera and Daymond John who each had a single auction experience at Charitybuzz raise more than $20,000 for charity in 2013. Luxury automobiles, yachts, travel, fine art and VIP event access also brought in some of the site’s highest price tags, in addition to the celebrity experiences listed above.
