The portrait is billed by the auction house as a work that brings together two of the most recognizable names of the 20th century.

Other past winners include English director Peter Brook, and American directors Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.

With his glowing, handsome face and silky-husky voice, Belafonte was one of the first Black performers to gain a wide following on film and to sell a million records as a singer.

He helped revive interest in ballroom dancing on both sides of the Atlantic.

The actor, 82, said he started to have problems with his prostate while on the mend from a knee injury.

An arrest warrant was issued for Margera, 43, and police said they were looking for him.