喬布斯遺物網上拍賣:拖鞋竟然賣出2750美元的高價!

Steve Jobs' "reality distortion field" helped propel an empire, but it couldn't keep a leather wristwatch band from showing some serious wear. Even in "heavily worn condition," however, the Seiko wristwatch that Jobs wore in a 1984 photo shoot with the original Macintosh still fetched $42,500 in an online auction Saturday.

史蒂夫·喬布斯的“現實扭曲力場”理論雖然推進了蘋果帝國的發展，但是它並依然不能阻止一塊皮革質手錶錶帶的自然磨損。不過，即便已經處於“嚴重磨損狀況”，在當地時間上週六舉辦的網上拍賣中，喬布斯在1984年與世界上第一臺Macintosh的合照中佩戴的那塊Seiko手錶還是以4.25萬美元的價格被拍走了。

The watch was just one of a handful of personal items consigned by Jobs' longtime house manager Mark Sheff for the auction held by Heritage Auctions.

這塊手錶只是喬布斯小部分個人物品中的一件，而這些物品都是他的長期房屋管理人馬克·謝夫在傳統拍賣公司拍賣的。

A pair of Jobs' equally battered Birkenstock sandals sold for $2,750, one of his signature black turtlenecks with the Next logo on the front went for $7,500 and a lot including two of Jobs' Next business cards, a pen with an Apple logo and a postal service return receipt signed by the late Apple CEO garnered a winning bid of $16,250.

同樣的，喬布斯的一雙破舊勃肯鞋涼鞋也以2750美元的價格拍出，他的一件印有NEXT公司標識的黑色高領衫成交價爲7500美元，此外，包括喬布斯的兩張Next名片、一支有着蘋果標誌的鋼筆和一封由該已故蘋果CEO簽署的郵政服務回執等在內的小物件最終成交價爲16250美元。

The watch is perhaps best known for making an appearance on a 2011 special issue of Time magazine commemorating Jobs' life after his death from cancer.

喬布斯因癌症不幸故去後，《時代》雜誌在2011年爲紀念喬布斯的一生髮布了特刊，或許喬布斯這款手錶這麼出名也得益於它在該雜誌上的亮相。

Amazingly, the auction could indicate that the market for Jobs memorabilia has cooled off a little bit from the days when original Apple 1 computers were fetching well in excess of half a million dollars and a single legal document signed by Jobs was auctioned for over $40,000.

令人驚訝的是，這次拍賣或許表明，相比從前，消費者對喬布斯紀念品癡狂的火爆程度似乎稍微冷卻了一點，過去，Apple 1計算機的原型機拍賣價曾超過了五十萬美元，而一份喬布斯簽署的法律文件則被拍賣到了4萬美元。

Apparently you can put a price on distorting reality.

顯然，在“扭曲的現實”中你可以這樣定價。