Winner to Pay $351G for Lunch With Buffett

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Jul 01, 2005
Saying "check, please" will cost a bidder in this online auction more than $350,000.

Someone bid $351,100 to have lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, the so-called "Oracle of Omaha," in an online charity auction that closed at 10 p.m. EDT Thursday on eBay.



There were 110 bids in the auction, which started at $25,000 on June 23.


The winning bidder can take seven friends to lunch with Buffett in Omaha or New York at a mutually agreeable date, time and restaurant.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050701/buffett_lunch.html?.v=1