OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An anonymous bidder agreed Friday to pay more than $2.6 million for a lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, offering a final amount after the auction closed that topped last year's bid that set a record for the most expensive charity item ever sold on eBay.
When online bidding ended Friday night, the high bid fell short of the record, standing at $2,345,678. However, organizers say the bidder wanted to spend more to top last year's $2.6 million and settled on a final amount of $2,626,411.
The amount isn't considered a bidding record for eBay's charity auctions because the record total was only surpassed after bidding had closed, eBay spokeswoman Lonnie Shekhtman said.
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