Usher bid $80,000 on a single photograph.
The 'Scream' singer offered the staggering amount of cash in the hope of snapping up a Richard Avedon photograph at the Gabrielle's Angel Foundation Angel Ball in New York City on Tuesday night, but unfortunately the sum wasn't large enough to win the item.
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Celebrity jeweller Lorraine Schawartz - who worked with Kanye West to design Kim Kardashian's 15 carat engagement ring - outbid Usher by forking out more than $85,000 for the coveted portrait.
Usher later took to the stage with Pharrell Williams, who has been treating fans at the star-studded event to a performance of his hits including Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines'.
The hit producer was later seen in a rare display of affection with his new wife, Helen Lasichanh - who he married in an intimate ceremony earlier this month - as they danced across the room together.
Meanwhile, Tina Knowles - who divorced from Beyonce's father Matthew in 2011 - reportedly hit the dance floor with her date actor Richard Lawson.
A source added to People magazine: "She looked amazing. They were like teenagers on the dance floor." The charity ball reportedly raised nearly $3 million in aid of cancer research.
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