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A turned oak and brown painted rocking armchair is
displayed at a preview of property from the homes of former
President John F. Kennedy at Sotheby's in New York on February
8, 2005. | |
Lovers of Kennedy lore paid $5.5 million for some common possessions of
former President John F. Kennedy and his family in an auction of art,
furniture and other effects
from their homes, Sotheby's said on Thursday.
A Chippendale-style
slant-front secretary bookcase
inlaid with the initials JFK and a version of the United States seal sold
for $452,000. A portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy with her children Caroline
and John Jr. painted by Aaron Shikler in 1968 fetched $216,000.
A rocking chair sold for $96,000. Rocking chairs were popular with the
president to ease his severe back pain and were in all his homes.
The property was consigned by Caroline Kennedy, who plans to donate a
portion of the proceeds from more than 600 lots to the John F. Kennedy
Library Foundation.
Although the antique value of the items was just above $1 million,
prices soared at auction because of their links with a family romanticized
as America's political royalty.
Every lot on the block in the three-day auction found a buyer, with
most items claiming high prices no matter how mundane they seemed.
A Louis Vuitton hatbox brought $54,000 compared with an estimated price
of $100 to $200, and a doorstop valued at just $60 to $80 fetched $4,800.
The auction included family photos, chairs, tables, toys and glassware
as well as artwork from Kennedy homes throughout the whole country and
from their years in the White House.
A Sotheby's sale of 1,303 items after the death of former first lady
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis fetched nearly $34.5 million, after a pre-sale
estimate of $5 million.
"After my mother died in 1994, my brother and I were faced with the
task of deciding what to do with her possessions, and after careful
consideration, we sold some of them in 1996," the Kennedy daughter wrote
in an introduction to the catalog.
"In the intervening years, and the death of my brother, I found myself
again with more houses and belongings than I could possibly use or
enjoy."
(Agencies) |
蘇達比拍賣行上周四（2月17日）透露，在肯尼迪家族藝術品、家具和其他私人物品的拍賣會上，美國前總統約翰·肯尼迪及其家人的一些普通物品被熱愛者們一搶而光，總拍賣額高達550萬美元。
一款齊本德爾式風格的正面傾斜的寫字臺式書架以45.2萬美元的價格賣出，這件家具上鑲嵌著肯尼迪姓名的首字母縮寫JFK和一款美國圖章。一幅杰奎琳·肯尼迪和她的兩個孩子卡羅琳與小約翰的肖像畫賣到了21.6萬美元，此畫為亞倫·申克勒1968年所作。
一把搖椅賣到了9.6萬美元。肯尼迪總統很喜歡搖椅，在他所有的住所里都可以見到這種椅子，因為躺在搖椅上有助于緩解他嚴重的背部疼痛。
卡羅琳·肯尼迪是此次拍賣的委托人，她計劃將拍賣這600多件物品所得的部分收益捐贈給肯尼迪圖書館基金會。
盡管這些物品作為古董的價值僅為100多萬美元，但因為與肯尼迪家族之間的淵源，拍賣價格一路飆升。具有傳奇色彩的肯尼迪家族被稱為美國政治“皇室”。
在為期三天的拍賣活動中，展臺上擺放的每件拍賣物品都找到了買主，而且大部分物品被拍出高價，盡管它們看上去是那么普通。
一個估價為100到200美元的“路易斯·威登牌”帽盒拍出了5.4萬美元的高價，而一個僅值60到80美元的制門器居然也賣到了4800美元。
此次拍賣還包括家庭照片，椅子，桌子，玩具和玻璃器皿，還有來自肯尼迪在全美各地家中的藝術品，以及在白宮居住期間所存的藝術品。
蘇達比拍賣行曾在前第一夫人杰奎琳·肯尼迪·奧納西斯去世后拍賣了她的1303件個人物品，拍賣前的估價約為500萬美元，而最后的總收益達到將近3450萬美元。
肯尼迪的女兒在（拍賣物品）目錄冊的前言部分寫道：“自從我母親1994年去世之后，我和哥哥就面臨著如何處理她的私人財產的任務。經過慎重的考慮，我們在1996年賣掉了其中的一些物品?！?
“在其間的幾年中，我哥哥又去世了，我發現自己再次擁有了太多的房屋和財產，而我一個人根本享用不了這么多?！?BR>
（中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2005-02-23 10:43