Auction of lunch with Warren Buffett starts Sunday

Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:28 PM EDT
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OMAHA — It's anyone's guess how high the bidding will go this year when the chance to have lunch with investor Warren Buffett is put up for sale.

The online bidding begins at $25,000 on Sunday evening. A year ago, two investors paid $650,100 for the chance to have lunch with the chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

The auction benefits the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to the poor and homeless in San Francisco.

The auction begins at 7 p.m. Pacific Sunday and continues until 7 p.m. Pacific on Friday.

This will be the sixth year Buffett auctions a lunch on eBay and donates the proceeds to Glide.

The winning bidder and up to seven friends will dine with Buffett at the Smith & Wollensky steakhouse in New York City.

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On the Net:

Buffett Auction: http://www.ebay.com/glide

eBay: http://www.ebay.com

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com

Glide Foundation: http://www.glide.org

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Picree

Get your facts straight Josh! Previous to this the most expensive charity item auctioned on eBay was the infamous snotty Harry Reid letter in October of 2007 NOT Jays Harley. The letter was auctioned off by Rush Limbaugh for $2,100,100. The money went to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, a New Jersey-based charity. On top of that Rush matched the the auction total out of his person funds making the total $4.2 MM.

How convenient you left this out Josh! You can't believe anything AP writes!

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    Reply#1 - Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:40 AM EDT
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    Picree

    Retract comment-wrong article-the actual article has now been corrected.

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