71.   Roediger, who works in the growing field of whiteness studies, opens the book with an imaginary scene of a black slave on an auction block.

72.   Several analysts cheered the news that Liberty Financial could soon be on the auction block.

73.   Six other daily newspapers are still on the auction block.

74.   Some antique postcards can fetch big prices at the auction block, while others can be found for pennies at yard sales.

75.   The art world migrated this week to London, where old-master paintings made their seasonal appearance on the auction block.

76.   The baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson made an appearance and sent several of his American muscle cars across the auction block.

77.   The Chase Manhattan Bank, which foreclosed on the property last year, put it on the auction block in January.

78.   The energy surrounding the debate has not dissipated for more than two decades, and it is now reaching a peak as the papers go on the auction block.

79.   The famous Beaumont hotel in Ouray is getting a face lift thanks to a couple from Texas who saved the historic building from the auction block.

80.   The endless bawling of calves being separated from their mothers sounded doubly pitiful Wednesday here at the auction block.