var displaynumber=3;
                var number=1;
	 	var totalcounter=0;
	function rand ( n )
	{
	  return ( Math.floor ( Math.random ( ) * n + 1 ) );
	} 
		var rnd = rand(10000);
				var fromid='';
				var toid = '';


                function changeTopAuction(){      
			if (totalcounter > 30) return;
				rnd =rnd+1;
				  var thnumber = number;
				  fromid = 'topauctions'+number;
				  toid = 'topauctions'+(number+displaynumber);
				  if (thnumber >displaynumber ) 
				  {
				    fromid = 'topauctions'+number;
				    toid = 'topauctions'+(number-displaynumber);
				  }
                  ajaxpage('http://www.militaria321.com/topauction.cfm?rnd='+rnd,toid);
                  window.setTimeout("changeTopAuction2()",1000);          
				}
				
				function changeTopAuction2()
				{
				  opacity(toid,0,100,500);
				  opacity(fromid,100,0,500);
				
                  number=number+1;
		totalcounter=totalcounter+1;
                  if (number > displaynumber*2)
                  number = 1;
                  window.setTimeout("changeTopAuction()",5000);          
                }
                window.setTimeout("changeTopAuction()",6000);