Warren Buffett lunch goes for millions
Glide, the charity that benefits from the charity lunch auction with Buffett, announced that the anonymous bidder raised the winning bid after the auction to $2,626,411. That tops the $2.6 million record for the event set in last year's auction. The charity announced the raised bid after a fundraising event in San Francisco revealed the winning bid of the auction, conducted on eBay, was $2,345,678. The winning bid was originally made Monday, when the anonymous bidder topped the previous offer by $100, resulting in the bid of sequential ascending numerals that held up for the remaining four days of bidding.
There were seven bids in the auction on eBay, with the first bid of $25,000 coming Sunday. Bidding ended at 10:30 p.m. ET Friday.
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The winner will have lunch with the so-called "Oracle of Omaha" and up to seven guests of the winner's choice at the Smith & Wollensky steak house in New York City at a date to be determined.
The proceeds will go towards Glide, an organization that benefits poverty-stricken residents of the San Francisco Bay area. Buffett has donated a lunch with him to the charity -- which was a favorite of his late wife, Susan -- for 12 years.
"We do raise money, and money counts, so I urge people to unbutton their wallet, to pull out a check, to reach into the purse, whatever it takes, and contribute," said Buffett, in a video on Glide's website.
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