The annual online bidding war for lunch with billionaire stock-picker Warren Buffett will close tonight, but the current $352,100 (€250,523) offer means the auction still has a way to run before it touches last year's record multi-million dollar bid.

The best offer for three courses with the Sage of Omaha was $352,100 at 08:20 GMT, up from the minimum bid of $25,000. There have been 75 bids so far, with the auction set to close late evening US time on Friday.