• 22 Jun 2009 at 10:29 AM

Eating Out With Warren Buffett Event In Bargain Bin This Year?

By Bess Levin

The Guardian reports that the annual auctioning of lunch with Warren Buffett, with proceeds going to the Glide Foundation, may not fetch as much cash this time around. In previous years the thing went for $650,000 and over $2 million, took place on vintage a Russ Meyer set and included dessert (Oreo Blizzards) being served off a stripper’s tits. Now that the Oracle of O has “failed to cover himself in glory” people may be less willing to shell out for three hours of aberrant sex fetish and folksy business wisdom, even if it does include O Cubed’s personal collection of Becky Quick money shots. The auction kicked off last night with the current bid at just $31,000.

Comments (22)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    $1 Bob

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 10:47 AM

    Peter North will be your waiter this evening.

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 10:48 AM

    sexual innuendo

  4. 4
    Posted by gatzzb | June 22, 2009 at 10:50 AM

    maybe your critical Warren Buffett piece (http://dealbreaker.com/2009/06/warren-buffett-could-use-a-lit.php?show=comments#comments)
    is having a ripple effect

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 10:51 AM

    @4 oh, gatzzb, I see what you did there.

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    @4 After I read your post I decided to put my money toward the Bill Ackman lunch auction.

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    the money is no problem but where do i find 7 friends?

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 10:54 AM

    More coked up mexican laser sharks please.

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 10:56 AM

    How about some “Texas” comments this morning? What’s the hold up?

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 11:00 AM

    What’s the current bid on the Jeff Macke lunch?

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    I think if the country collectively ignores Texas long enough that it might just go away.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    for $12 you can lunch with me and i’ll tell you all about investing in pennystocks, what really happened to my foreskin and how many copies my book sold (pick a # under 10)
    T. Sykes

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    9 Hold up is that no one cares about Texas. Houston is important only when oil is flying. Dallas is never relevant.

  14. 14
    Posted by gatzzb | June 22, 2009 at 11:04 AM

    @5 damn, I figured I would make it until at least @8 or @9. Haha

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 11:05 AM

    You’re all a bunch of pussies if those are the best Texas slams/snaps you can do. You must be backroom folk. Traders would be ripping.

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 11:09 AM

    I still think fondly of Russ Meyer even to this day.
    ~Uschi Digart

  17. 17
    Posted by Perkins Maxwell | June 22, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    @6: ep, we all know better than to compete against you when ackman auctions off a meal.. it’s going to be you and bess neck-and-necik…

  18. 18
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 11:34 AM

    whats all this houston talk, amarillo all the way

  19. 19
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 11:37 AM

    What is the difference between Texas and Trig Palin?

  20. 20
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 11:51 AM

    @gatzzb. Your post reads like an entry for a high school essay contest. Ackman’s strategy of activist investing would be much better if it actually worked.

  21. 21
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 2:38 PM

    @19
    Texas is a state, while Trig Palin is a retarded baby.

  22. 22
    Posted by guest | June 22, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    What’s the reserve on flip cup with Ken Lewis?

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