First, last week's Impressionist and Modern Art auctions and next month's Turner Water Colours auction in July are happening in a still white-hot art market.

FORBES: Bidding Up Sotheby's

The SIIA white paper says software sellers manipulate the rules of Internet auction sites to obtain e-mail addresses of bidders on software, creating a direct-marketing channel.

CNN: Technology - New online software piracy emerges

Elvis Presley's white grand piano and a 1955 record contract are going up for auction in Memphis next month.

BBC: Elvis white piano up for auction

The white paper provides resources for consumers to help them recognize illegitimate software offered on auction sites, and includes real examples of "stalking" e-mail messages sent directly to bidders after their addresses were gleaned from auctions.

CNN: Technology - New online software piracy emerges

Inside the North American Fur Auction, a reeking 15, 000-square-foot mausoleum, white-coated dealers from around the world pick among the 5.5 million stiff pelts--lynx, bobcat, mink, muskrat, fox, beaver and timber wolf among them.

FORBES: Adventures In The Skin Trade