卓别林标志性的帽子被拍卖

The iconic bowler hat that transformed silent movie star Charlie Chaplin into "The Tramp" -- his most legendary character -- sold at Sotheby's auction house in New York on Tuesday for 15,000 US dollars. The hat was among the many rare lots sold at a Sotheby's auction.
周二，这顶使哑剧明星查尔斯．卓别林成为其最传奇的角色“流浪汉”的标志性圆顶礼帽在纽约苏富比拍卖行以1.5万美元的价格成交。这顶帽子是苏富比拍卖会上成交的许多罕见的拍卖品中的一件。

Chaplin's bowler hat was sold as part of Sotheby's Fine Books and Manuscripts auction, with the final hammer price settling at 15,000 dollars. With Sotheby's premium the final price paid by an unidentified bidder for this piece of film history was 18,750 dollars.
卓别林的圆顶礼帽是作为苏富比书稿拍卖会中的一部分被卖出，最终以1.5万美元落锤。加上苏富比的保险费，这位身份不明的竞拍者为这件反映电影历史的拍卖品最终支付的价格是18750美元。

Charlie Chaplin first wore the hat in his 1914 movie "Kid Auto Races at Venice" and along with his signature mustache and baggy pants, the star of early cinema became the world's most famous and recognizable actor of the silent film era.
查尔斯．卓别林在其1941年的电影《赛车记》中首次戴这顶帽子是，连同他的标志性胡子和松垮的裤子，这位早期电影明星成为哑剧时代世界最知名、最容易认出的演员。

Asked if it was unusual to see a hat selling in a books and manuscript auction, Richard Austin, Head of the department said it was a little odd, but they also deal with historic objects.
被问及书稿拍卖会上拍卖帽子很罕见时，部门负责人理查德．奥斯丁表示，这确实有点奇怪，但是他们也做历史物品的生意。

Richard Austin, head of books and manuscripts, Sotheby's, said, "Chaplin is such an historic figure in the history of film that we thought there would be some people who would be interested in it and sure enough, there were, it did well."
苏富比书稿拍卖会领导人理查德．奥斯丁表示：“卓别林在电影历史上是如此有名的历史人物，我们觉得一些人会对它感兴趣，果然，有人感兴趣，它卖得很好。”

A letter written by Albert Einstein to his friend David Rothman in 1944 did better than expected, with a final hammer price of 85,000 dollars.
阿尔伯特．爱因斯坦1944年写给朋友大卫．罗斯曼的一封信也比预计的卖得好，最终以8.5万美元落锤。

An original manuscript of poems and songs by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, failed to excite great bidding but did manage to sell within its estimated pre-sale range.
孟加拉诗人、1913年诺贝尔文学家获得者拉宾德拉纳特．泰戈尔的一份诗歌手稿虽未能激起激烈的竞拍，但成功地以估计的预售价格拍卖出去。

Austin said overall he was very pleased with the results. It shows that extraordinary things get extraordinary prices, no matter what state the economy is in.
奥斯丁表示，总的来说，他对结果感到满意。它表明，特别的东西获得特别的价格，无论其经济地位怎么样。