1.   The securities will pay a real rate of return, based on the auction price, plus an inflation adjustment.

2.   But recent auction prices have been disappointing.

3.   Auction prices for well-known mature wines are invariably higher than younger versions of the same wines at retail.

4.   Auction prices give dealers a barometer by which to gauge their own material.

5.   Auction prices affect practically everyone who owns a car in the United States.

6.   At their meetings, panel members are given photos of the art and recent auction prices of similar items.

7.   A solid bidding strategy is to use recent London auction prices for European wines and California auction prices for California cabernets as benchmarks.

8.   But for all the buildup, not much suspense is generated over the auction price of a combine and a herd of cows.

9.   But Gallo said the Internet opens up the market to a greater number of people, which should increase auction prices without adding to marketing costs.

10.   Even so, it is unlikely that any new tax bills would be pegged to the actual auction prices.