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Buffett Lunch Surpasses Last Year's $2.6M Bid
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- An anonymous bidder has agreed to pay more than $2.6 million for a lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett -- topping a winning bid for the same prize last year.

When online bidding ended Friday night, the high bid was just over $2.3 million. However, organizers say the bidder wanted to pay more to top last year's amount, which set a record for the most expensive charity item ever sold on eBay. The most expensive item ever sold on eBay was a jet that drew $4.9 million.

All proceeds go to the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to the poor and homeless in San Francisco.

Buffett will spend several hours discussing whatever the winner would like to talk about, traditionally at New York's Smith and Wollensky steak house.

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