Someone paid $19 million for a steak lunch with Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, walks to the 2019 Annual Investor Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2019.

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(CNN) There really is no such thing as a free lunch. An unknown bidder has paid a record $19 million for a confidential steak lunch with an incredible

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backer Warren Buffett. The deal was key to the 21st annual Lunch with Buffett sale, created as a team with eBay and the Glide Foundation,

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a nonprofit organization organized in San Francisco that fights want, want, and vagrancy.

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The auction started with $25,000 on June 12 and ended with $19,000 from a mysterious high bidder on Friday, according to an eBay press release.

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The huge current year total is several times larger than the triumphant bid of $4,567,888 in 2019 - the last sale before a break due to

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the Covid-19 pandemic. The 2019 champion was digital currency business visionary Justin Sun. The secret winner will participate

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during a confidential lunch with Buffett and up to seven visitors at the Smith and Wollensky Steakhouse in New York, according to eBay.

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