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Old 03-01-2004, 10:44 AM
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[img]http://www.snitchseeker.com/images/news/jkr_80.jpg' align='middle'> JK's $93 000 meal bill. -

Summary:
JK recently spent $93 000 at a charity auction for a meal cooked by a famous chef.

Article:

Thanks to Mugglenet.com for providing this article.

Quote:
JK Rowling celebrated her elevation to the world's official list of billionaires by splashing out more than £125,000 during an auction at a charity ball.

The author of the Harry Potter books successfully bid £50,000 for a dinner to be cooked by the television chef Nick Nairn and served by celebrities including Kirsty Wark, the BBC Newsnight presenter.

Miss Rowling also bought a motorised scooter for £70,000 and spent another £7,000 on a guided tour of Edinburgh conducted by Ian Rankin, the writer behind the Inspector Rebus crime novels.
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