31.   Critics expected the misery of half-starved, half-clad Africans just off the boat and up on the auction block.

32.   Destined for the auction block are some Impressionist masterpieces.

33.   Disney proposed a virtual reality portrayal of the war and also of slavery -- branding irons, chains, auction blocks and a model slave ship were mentioned.

34.   Don Butte, controller for Fasig-Tipton, credited the pedigrees and the physiques of the horses on the auction block for the strong sales.

35.   Eight thematic exhibits and interactive kiosks trace the paths of African Americans from the auction block to equal rights.

36.   French bank Credit Lyonnais put MGM on the auction block last month.

37.   Harrington has collected a drawer full of letters from possible bidders over the years asking him to let them know when the team is put on the auction block.

38.   He has pulled out of the polyvinyl chloride business in the United States, and has put two Ohio plants that make industrial rubber trims on the auction block.

39.   He predicted that national companies on the auction block will attract billions of dollars this year.

40.   His expensive Houston-area home was posted for public sale in May but was removed from the auction block in June.