Pursuits
Buffett Lunch Auction Takes In Record $3.46 Million
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Warren Buffett’s lunch auction, an annual fundraiser for the Glide Foundation in San Francisco, raised a record $3.46 million as online bidding nearly tripled the price in the last minute of the weeklong event.
The auction on EBay Inc.’s website attracted 106 bids. The winner, who wasn’t immediately identified, and seven companions get to dine with Buffett at the Smith & Wollensky steakhouse in New York. Bidding stood at $1.23 million about 30 seconds before the auction ended last night, according to EBay.