Winner pays over $2 million for the lunch with Warren Buffett
Posted on Jun 28 - Filed Under Miscellaneous | Leave a Comment
In our previous post, we speculated whether the Warren Buffett power lunch would go over a million dollars this year. Well, the result is in and it is way over a $1 million. The winning bid is $2,110,100 , which is almost 4 times of what was paid last year for the same auction ($650,000) According to Bloomberg, Zhao Danyang, the hedge-fund manager of Pureheart China Growth Investment Fund (Shenzhen, China) had the winning bid.
100% of proceeds from the auction benefits the Glide Foundation, one of the most effective institutions working to alleviate human suffering and poverty in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Buffett has described Glide as “maybe the most effective organization I’ve seen for people down on their luck.” - source: eBay auction page.
The dinner will take place at Smith & Wollensky in New York City. According to their website: “Smith & Wollensky is one of the most trafficked restaurants in New York and among the most celebrated steakhouses in the world. Specializing in fresh seafood and lobster and assorted steaks and chops, Smith & Wollensky is well recognized for its healthy portions, seasoned service staff and pop Americana ambience. The surnames, Smith and Wollensky, were chosen from the local telephone directory by the restaurant’s founder Alan Stillman, of T.G.I. Friday’s fame. Wollensky’s Grill, a smaller but spirited bar room installed in the side of the famed midtown restaurant, is open until 2 a.m. Catering to night owls, Wollensky Grill offers a late night bill of fare featuring lighter supper versions of items from the grander Smith & Wollensky steakhouse menu and plenty of high-end red wines by the glass to choose from.” See more reviews about the steakhouse on Yelp
Lunch with Warren Buffett - will it go for more than a million dollars this year?
Posted on Jun 24 - Filed Under Miscellaneous | Leave a Comment
Will this auction reach $1,000,000 this year? Last year the winning bid was $650,000.
Currently it is pretty low, but I guess bidders wait till the end of the auction to jump in.
Track the eBay auction below:
Tags: auction, ebay, Glide Foundation, Miscellaneous, Power lunch, Warren BuffettFerrari Enzo listed on eBay for $1.4M
Posted on Jun 21 - Filed Under Cars | Leave a Comment
While the Ferrari F50 we wrote about earlier is still listed on eBay, there is another beauty - a rare red, black Ferrari Enzo - listed for $1,400,000
See the eBay auction listing for more details
Tags: auction, Cars, ebay, ferrari, Ferrari EnzoSaleen S7R race car for sale
Posted on May 21 - Filed Under Cars | Leave a Comment
One of the 15 S7R Saleen race cars produced is for sale on eBay. Bid starts at $1,000,000 or one can pick it up for $1,500,000 right away.
Here is an S7R in action. I am not sure whether it’s the same car, but it looks identical:
The road legal version of the car, the S7 is equally impressive. With its 750 bhp engine, it is one of the strongest car one can get at the mid-6 figure price range.
See the auction description on eBay for more technical spec.
Tags: auction, Cars, ebay, race car, S7, S7R, Saleen, Saleen S7R, strongest carFerrari F50 Coupe Listed on eBay for $985,000
Posted on May 3 - Filed Under Cars | 5 Comments
9 days left from the Ferrari F50 auction on eBay. The car is listed for $985,000 and 5 offers were rejected so far. I will update this post after the auction is over with the final going price if any.
According to Wikipedia, only 349 was made, so this is truly a collector car.
Tags: auction, Cars, collector car, ebay, F50, ferrari
