Photos: Chris Martin and Bono perform 'Beautiful Day' at RED auction, Sotheby's, NY (23 Nov)

Chris Martin attended Jony Ive and Marc Newson's (Red) Auction at Sotheby's in New York last night (23rd November) to benefit The Global Fund to fight AIDS. During the event Chris performed 'Beautiful Day' and Lou Reed's 'Perfect Day' with Bono on a to-be-auctioned Steinway & Sons grand piano (which later sold for just under $2m). Read more on this at the Coldplay forum now.The charity auction exceeded expectations - most of the items at the charity auction fetched sums that far exceeded their estimates, especially the products that were selected and customized by Apple design chief Jony Ive along with renowned industrial engineer Marc Newson. The auction featured a couple of special edition Apple products co-designed by Ive and Newson, namely, a red Mac Pro and a pair of solid rose gold Apple EarPods. The former was expected to sell for $40,000-$60,000, but it went on to fetch nearly a million dollars — $977,000 to be exact. As for the latter, its sale value was estimated at $20,000 to $25,000, but it ended up being sold at an impressive $461,000.But as whopping as those figures may be, the top sale figure belongs to the unique “Red Pops for (RED)” parlor grand model A piano by Steinway & Sons, which incorporates design components hand-selected by Ive and Newson. Expected to sell for $150,000-$200,000, it went on to fetch $1,925,000 - not before it was used by Chris Martin during the event.Backed by the Product (RED) brand, which was cofounded by U2 frontman Bono, the (RED) Auction benefits The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.More on this story (and hopefully longer videos than those below) to follow... [thanks coldplaii13, iduran20, gai, LdySpace]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y97dFtz6208http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o0778nSUWU

'A Beautiful Day' Bono & Chris Martin sing & play on Steinway piano Lot 12 at #REDatSothebys
— (RED) (@RED) November 24, 2013

#AuctionUpdate: Coldplay's Chris Martin and Bono sang a duet on this custom Steinway piano before more… http://t.co/ZcSnixqdAF
— Sotheby's (@Sothebys) November 24, 2013