The nonfloral items are more popular so far with younger customers, Mr. McCann said.
PRICE RANGE: Appetizers, $6 to $11; main courses, $9 to $20 (specialty items are more).
Among the vast array of items are more than 7,000 documents in King's hand, and a rare typewritten early draft of the "I Have a Dream" speech.
Items are more expensive, in part, because of the current exchange rate — a Big Mac in Paris costs $4.95, tax included, compared with $4.12 in New York.
"A lot of people think that their items are more valuable than they are," Mr. Clarke said after the Monday auction.
As hard as it is to make and keep money through collecting, some items are more likely to hold or increase their value.
This is good for the exhibition: such items are more than ordinarily likely to be preserved, and here there are over 80, mostly from Britain.
The FSB's national chairman, John Allan, is pleased to see the government tackling counterfeiting, though: "Small firms who deal with low priced items are more likely to be affected by fake currency but we do have concerns about the extra costs of introducing a new pound coin.
John Allan, national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, said: "Small firms who deal with low-priced items are more likely to be affected by fake currency but we do have concerns about the extra costs of introducing a new pound coin.
Sadly, though, I must report that the items are more stylish than functional.
Using interviews with 90 fourth-graders, it reveals why particular kinds of items are more or less difficult for students.
