Justin Theroux won a $450,000 painting for Jennifer Aniston

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Justin Theroux won a $450,000 painting for Jennifer Aniston

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The actress let her new boyfriend did the bidding for a charity painting.

25 September,2011 09:18 am

A bunch of celebrities gathered at Christies in New York on Thursday, September 22 for a charity auction, but one couple attracted the attention with their bid. Jennifer Anistons boyfriend Justin Theroux won her a painting for an extravagant $450,000.At Artist for Haiti, Aniston waited behind the wings while Theroux big on Glenn Ligons abstract oil, charcoal and graphite work called Stranger 44. The price tag for the art piece was estimated between $150,000 and $200,000, so the final number exceeded the expectation.Aniston, who was in the room, clapped enthusiastically after [Therouxs] winning bid, reported artinfo.com. The painting is expected to decorate her New York house.The event was partly organized by Anistons best friend Ben Stiller who managed to raise a total of $13,662,000 to benefit health and education initiatives in Haiti. Stiller and wife Christine Taylor hosted a dinner at Il Cantinori the next night, joined by not only Aniston and Theroux but also Susan Sarandon and former U.S. President Bill Clinton.