Fewer people want to be onstage for two hours, eat three courses and pay four figures.

Those are books for which publishers usually paid six and seven figures and said they would print at least 100,000 copies.

We heard of one family who flew to Texas and paid four figures for one.

The company paid seven figures for the world rights to publish this book.

Widespread as this may be, many buyers feel more than a little uncomfortable about revealing that they have paid seven figures for a home.

Macmillan still does not chase expensive books, but it will pay six or seven figures in some cases.

"Most men pay three figures of money just to get the briefing I'm about to give you."

Granz had paid five figures for the painting in the early 1960s.

"I paid four figures for it," he says.

The 600 will not pay seven figures to the winner, but it is one of the most important races on the Nextel Cup schedule.