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16 W hen the card went out to save the date for Becca Cason Thrash's fundraiser for Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral following the devastating fire in April 2019, charitable patrons and socials around the world took notice. Mexico City was the destination, and ticket sales flowed in. For three days in late February and early March, 112 guests lunched, dined, and cocktailed at the magnificent art-filled homes of collectors Tato and Gaby Garza and Eugenio López, owner of Museo Jumex. Night number one was dinner at the French Embassy hosted by French Ambassador to Mexico Anne Grillo. The Grande Nuit was held in Casino Español, a 19th-century building in the Centro Histórico, which is a confection of exquisite plasterwork topped by a Tiffany ceiling. The auction of art and priceless trips — always a highlight at a Thrash affair — where Becca served as auctioneer, raised more than $700,000 in 10 minutes and included UK-based artist Chris Levine's limited-edition gold-dusted portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, which hammered for $200,000. There were works by James Verbicky, Denise De La Rue, Jason Martin, and Héctor Bitar; trips to Paris, Venice, Nantucket, and a voyage down the Nile on Christian Louboutin's sailboat; as well as NOTRE-DAME FROM LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO TO PHOTOGRAPHY IVÁN DE LA LUZ, ALEJANDRO CELEZ BECCA CASON THRASH'S INTERNATIONAL FUNDRAISER WRAPS UP ON THE EVE OF COVID-19. Chairman Becca Cason Thrash Lisa Arpey, Ford Hubbard Lance Scott, Tony Bradfield Christen Wilson, Sarah Calodney Davey, Gela Taylor Casino Español Duran Duran's John Taylor & Gela Taylor Ceron & Todd Fiscus