In 1995 and 1996, about 10 companies sold stock to the public for the first time.

But nearly everything sold for at least five times that amount.

The stock is now selling for three times what it was last fall.

"It's when we were sold for the second time that the problems started."

Stock in the company was sold for the first time last December.

All 12,000 student season tickets have been sold for the first time since 1992.

They sold for $109 million, or 11.28 times their total rents.

The company sold 1 million cigars for the first time in that year.

A can of grain was selling for 15 times the usual market price.

The card sold on eBay during that time for more than four times its book value.