The Atlanta airport bought tables actually designed to match the X-ray machines.
They bought tables, worked on committees and sold tons of raffles.
So on a noncelebrity night, with 1,100 guests who haven't bought tables, that would total $52,800 (1,100 x $48).
Donors bought tables for up to £12,000 each and invited cabinet ministers to join them, with the proceeds going to the party's general election fighting fund.
95% of the merchandise had not been damaged, and an estimated crowd of 25,000 bought tables, chairs, television sets, kitchen appliances, etc.
Some organizations bought tables for $10,000, and fund-raisers who take in at least $30,000 get their picture taken with the president.
"There's more to a pub than buying tables," he said.
She invites friends to performances and persuades them to buy tables at the Ailey gala.
When none responded, he started buying tables at business banquets and chatting up chief executives.
"We twist their arms" to get them to buy tables, Mr. Butler said, at a price of $10,000 to $50,000.
They buy tables, chairs, and vases at estate sales, from "the children of dead people," which makes Kate feel like a vulture.
