新奇事件簿 稀有郵票

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A new world record has been set for the sale of a postage stamp. Not just any old stamp, but a one-of-a-kind. The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta was sold at an auction in New York for $9.48 million. The auction house, Sotheby's, said it was the fourth time the stamp has broken the record. Sotheby's vice chairman David Redden said the record would never be broken again, unless the same stamp came up for auction again. He told reporters: "That price will be hard to beat, and likely won't be exceeded unless the British Guiana itself comes up for sale again in the future." David Beech, a former curator of stamps at the British Library, compared the sale to buying the artwork the 'Mona Lisa'.

一項新的世界紀錄已經因郵票拍賣而產生。并不是任何古老郵票，而是一種郵票。在1856年發(fā)行的英屬圭亞那的1分洋紅郵票在紐約的拍賣會上以948萬美元賣出。蘇士比拍賣行稱，這是這張郵票第四次打破記錄了。蘇士比的副主席大衛(wèi).雷登稱，紀錄將不會再次被打破。除非這枚郵票再次現身拍賣行。won't be exceeded 他告訴記者，這個價格很難被打敗，而且很可能不會被超越。除非英屬圭亞那在將來自己去售賣這枚郵票。大衛(wèi).比奇，負責保管英國圖書館的郵票，并將這次售賣與藝術品《蒙娜麗莎》的購買相媲美。

The stamp was bought by an anonymous buyer. It was previously owned by John E. du Pont, an heir to the du Pont chemical fortune. He is currently in prison for fatally shooting an Olympic champion wrestler. It was first discovered in 1873 by a 12-year-old stamp collector. He sold it a few years later for six shillings - about $50 in today's money and a tidy sum back then. It has since had a dozen owners, including the French government. Mr Redden marvelled at how sought after the stamp has become. He said: "This is the most valuable item in the world by weight. It's just a tiny piece of paper." He added he was happy that the stamp had been bought by a collector who would cherish it, and not by an investor.

郵票的購買者是匿名的。這枚郵票起初由約翰.E. du Pont擁有，他是杜邦公司化學制品的繼承人。他目前在監(jiān)獄，因射殺一名奧林匹克摔跤運動員而坐牢。這枚郵票是被一位12歲的集郵者在1873年發(fā)現的。幾年之后，他以6縣令賣出，相當于今天的50美元，在那時是一筆巨款。這枚郵票的主人有許多，包括法國政府。雷登先生對于搜索郵票的方式感到很驚奇。他說，以重量作為衡量標準的話，這是世界上最貴的一件物品。它只是薄薄的一張紙。他還說，他很高興，因為郵票是被一位懂得珍惜它的集郵愛好者購買的，而不是被投資者購買的。