"I've met a lot of nice people through this," Buffett said. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file)

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.

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