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                                                                     Exhibit 4.1

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      NUMBER                                                       SHARES
                              [FAIRMARKET LOGO]
FAI
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COMMON STOCK                                                    SEE REVERSE FOR
                                                             CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE
IN BOSTON, MA OR NEW YORK, NY

                                FAIRMARKET, INC.
              INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

                                                               CUSIP 305158 10 7
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THIS CERTIFIES THAT

IS THE OWNER OF
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 FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE
 PER SHARE, OF

=============================== FAIRMARKET, INC. ===============================
transferable on the books of the Company by the holder hereof in person or by
its duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly
endorsed or assigned. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are
issued and shall be held subject to the laws of the State of Delaware and the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws of the Company,
as amended from time to time, to which the holder by acceptance hereof assents.
This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the
Transfer Agent and Registrar.
         Witness the facsimile seal of the Company and the facsimile signatures
of its duly authorized officers.

         Dated:

                                [FAIRMARKET, INC.
                               SEAL 1997 DELAWARE]

                                                     /s/ Nanda Krish
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED               PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
         EQUISERVE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

                       TRANSFER AGENT
                        AND REGISTRAR

BY /s/ Charles Rossi                                 /s/ Janet Smith
       AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE                CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND TREASURER

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                                FAIRMARKET, INC.

       The Company is authorized to issue more than one class or series of
stock. Upon written request the Company will furnish without charge to each
stockholder a copy of the powers, designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series
thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences
and/or rights.

       The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
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        TEN COM - as tenants in common                  UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -.............Custodian............
        TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties                               (Cust)               (Minor)
        JT TEN  - as joint tenants with right of                            under Uniform Gifts to Minors
                  survivorship and not as                                   Act.................................
                  tenants in common                                                        (State)
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       Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

       For value received, ___________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer
unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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  (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shares
of the common stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint

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to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Company with full
power of substitution in the premises.

Dated
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                                    NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT
                                    MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN
                                    UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY
                                    PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR
                                    ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

         SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED:
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                                    THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN
                                    ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS,
                                    STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
                                    AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN
                                    APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION
                                    PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.

       This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain
Rights as set forth in a Shareholder Rights Agreement between FairMarket, Inc.
and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, dated as of May 17, 2001, as
amended, restated, renewed or extended from time to time (the "Rights
Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and
a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of FairMarket, Inc. and the
stock transfer administration office of the Rights Agent. Under certain
circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be
evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this
certificate. FairMarket, Inc. may redeem the Rights at a redemption price of
$0.01 per Right, subject to adjustment, under the terms of the Rights Agreement.
FairMarket, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the
Rights Agreement, as in effect on the date of mailing, without charge promptly
after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, Rights
issued to or held by Acquiring Persons or any Affiliates or Associates thereof
(as defined in the Rights Agreement), and any subsequent holder of such Rights,
may become null and void. The Rights shall not be exercisable, and shall be void
so long as held, by a holder in any jurisdiction where the requisite
qualification, if any, to the issuance to such holder, or the exercise by such
holder, of the Rights in such jurisdiction shall not have been obtained or be
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3

                             OCTOBER 2001 AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                                FAIRMARKET, INC.
                   AMENDED AND RESTATED 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN

         This October 2001 Amendment to the FairMarket, Inc. Amended and
Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") is effective as of October 11,
2001. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
specified in the Plan.

1.       AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN.  Section 8(b) of the Plan is hereby amended in
its entirety to read as follows:

                  "(b) In the case of (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the
         Company, (ii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation in which a
         majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company is acquired by
         another person or entity (other than a holding company formed by the
         Company), (iii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
         the Company to an unrelated person or entity, or (iv) the sale of all
         of the Common Stock of the Company to an unrelated person or entity (in
         each case, a "Transaction"), fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding
         Options held by any Optionee which have not yet vested shall become
         fully vested and exercisable as of the closing or consummation of such
         Transaction (except as the Board may otherwise specify with respect to
         particular grants), provided that such acceleration and any notice of
         exercise of options that become vested as of such closing or
         consummation shall in all cases be subject to and contingent upon such
         closing or consummation, and provided, further, that such acceleration
         shall be applied to each tranche of Options held by an Optionee on a
         separate basis.* The Plan and the options issued hereunder shall
         terminate upon the effectiveness of any such Transaction, unless
         provision is made in connection with such transaction in the sole
         discretion of the parties thereto for the assumption of options
         theretofore granted, or the substitution for such options of new
         options of the successor entity or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with
         such adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and the per share
         exercise prices as such parties shall agree. In the case of a
         Transaction whereby the outstanding Options are not to be assumed or
         substituted by the successor entity or a parent or subsidiary thereof,
         all outstanding Options that are not vested and exercisable immediately
         prior to the consummation of the Transaction shall become fully vested
         and exercisable

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*     For example, if an Optionee held an option to acquire 300 shares which was
      scheduled to vest with respect to 150 option shares on Date Y and with
      respect to the remaining 150 option shares on Date Z, then if a Sale Event
      is consummated on Date X (which Date X precedes both Date Y and Date Z),
      then on Date X 150 option shares become vested (i.e., 50% of the option
      shares that were to vest on Date Y and 50% of the option shares that were
      to vest on Date Z), on Date Y 75 option shares will become vested and on
      Date Z 75 option shares will become vested.

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          immediately prior to the consummation of the Transaction, provided
          that such acceleration and any notice of exercise of options that
          become vested immediately prior to such consummation shall in all
          cases be subject to and contingent upon such consummation. In the
          event of any Transaction subject to this Section 8(b), each Optionee
          shall be given notice thereof at least fifteen (15) days prior to the
          closing or anticipated consummation date, or the record date for such
          transaction, if earlier, and each Optionee shall be permitted during
          such period to exercise all outstanding Options held by such Optionee,
          including those that will become vested and exercisable upon the
          consummation of the Transaction subject to the consummation of the
          Transaction."

2.        STATUS OF PLAN. Except as specifically amended hereby, the Plan shall
continue in full force and effect. From and after the date hereof, all
references in any agreements covering awards granted under the Plan shall be
deemed to be references to the Plan as hereby amended.

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