yawn the way you say it is like neither of these guys need money and everything is peachy innocent like. first you say charity, then in another post you rant about taxes and wealthy people, so which is it?

me thinks both and then some. if you think both mr gilmour, this other guy and the "charity" arent making money and a lot of it, in one form or another for these transactions, youre deluded. celebrities are always getting absurd fees and lifestyles of the rich and famous level of perks for appearances, name, brand and likeness being used, publicity, tax write offs etc. the auction houses are raking in high percentages of cash from these sales 30-50%. the logistics, insurances, security, celebs, advertising and operational costs etc involved with events like these alone would be in the millions. an these so called charity not for profits dont run themselves and more times than not are nothing more than a money scheme front. millionaire ceos and their high 6-7 figure crony employees with high street offices, mansions, sportscars, yachts etc, but somehow they always operate at losses and need more money to keep doors open

it all looks and sounds nice and heartfelt on the surface, but the reality is, everyone involved in one way or another is getting paid and very little if any at all actually goes to the intended beneficiaries of these charitable causes. I seem to recall pink floyd selling partial rights to their music for half a billion dollars just a couple of years ago, so all of them for sure need to offload things like this or go out of pocket when the govt and taxmen come a knocking. and they always do

 

Oh, someone feels sorry for the billionaires and even defends them. He claims that there are a particularly high number of suicides, depression, and drug addictions there, but that's not true. The truth is that some billionaires use drug trafficking to make others dependent; nowhere is as much money made as with cocaine.

The grower gets $5, the person who cooks the cocaine paste gets $50, and the dealer who sells it to the big-time dealers gets $50,000.
They always have some cash in their accounts; they pay for everything with their Mastercard Gold. They sometimes also have stashes of cash, gold, or diamonds to bribe others while evading taxes. They often live on yachts in tax-free zones on the high seas or in tax havens.

If they have too much money, some participate in Christie's auctions, buying paintings, guitars, etc., to convert their constantly losing value cash into tangible assets. After all, in the next stock market crash, cash will be worthless, and farmland, paintings, and guitars will be everything. Besides, there's inflation and currency devaluation. Then you can show off your acquisitions at parties.

A wealthy billionaire has an average of fifty employees: financial advisors, lawyers, the crew of their luxury yacht, and security personnel. Poverty is very well researched, while wealth is not.

A billionaire is constantly looking for investments to generate returns. BlackRock is often responsible for this.
They have Aladin, one of the world's largest computers, which is constantly fed with all the world's data.

Jeff Bezos pays no taxes in Europe. Whenever he makes money, he opens a new logistics warehouse and offsets these costs against the profits.