圣罗兰拍卖创下37亿欧元的记录

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Despite the worst global economic crisis in more than 50 years, the three-day Paris auction of the art collection of the late fashion legend Yves Saint Laurent fetched 373.5 million euros (476 million dollars) by its Wednesday conclusion.

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尽管遭遇到50年以来最严重的经济危机，为期三天的巴黎YSL拍卖会还是收获颇丰，截至周三为止，总共获得了37亿350万欧元的收入。

The total represents by far the world record for the sale of a private collection and well exceeded the estimates of 200 million to 300 million euros set by Christie's auction house, the main organizer of the sale.

迄今为止，私人收藏拍卖记录是由这场拍卖会主办方--佳士得创下的为2亿到3亿欧元。

In addition, world records were set at the sale for the works of 10 artists, including Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Marcel Duchamp, Constantin Brancusi and Giorgio de Chirico.

另外，曾经的世界记录是在拍卖包括亨利马蒂斯，皮特孟德里安，MD，CB,GDC在内艺术家的作品的拍卖会上创下的。

The collection was amassed by Saint Laurent, who died in June 2008 at age 71, and his longtime partner Pierre Berge over a period of 50 years.

这些拍卖品是由圣罗兰--他已经在2008年6月去世，享年71岁，以及合作了近50年的伙伴贝尔热共同收藏的。

The proceeds from the auction are to go to the foundation the two established and to enable Berge to establish a research centre to fight AIDS.

拍卖所得的收入将会用于建立两个基金会，并且也能够允许贝尔热建立对抗艾滋病的研究中心。

'Quality does not suffer from any crisis,' the 78-year-old Berge told journalists after the final bid was made and accepted, for a mid-19th-century Sevres porcelain Chinese lunch reticule, which fetched 361,000 euros, including fees, more than five times the top

estimate.

“质量都并没有遭受到危机的影响”，在19th世纪中期塞夫勒瓷器和中国手提袋（？）最后得标之后，标价包括费用361万欧元，即原估价的5倍，贝尔热这样告诉记者。

The auction lived up to its 'sale of the century' billing by Christie's and art experts but was not without controversy.

佳士得以及艺术专家联手完成这场世纪大拍卖。但是这其中仍是议论纷纷。

Late Wednesday, two Chinese bronze heads that had been at the centre of an international legal tug-of-war were sold for 14 million euros each.

上周三，处于国际舆论漩涡里的两个中国铜首拍卖价为1400万欧元/个。

The Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in Europe had gone to court to prevent Christie's from selling the two bronzes, which were allegedly looted from China by British and French troops 150 years ago.

欧洲中国艺术保护协会曾经上诉法庭想就此阻止佳士得拍卖这两个在150年被英法联军从中国掠夺的铜像。

China's Foreign Affairs Ministry had said that the bronze heads were 'precious cultural treasures, which were looted by the joint Anglo-French forces' and that China had 'incontrovertible ownership of those objects.'

中国外事部曾经发表声明说：这俩个铜首是珍贵的艺术宝物，是英法联军从中国掠夺的战利品，因此毋庸置疑，中国仍是这些物品的主人。

But a Paris judge ruled Monday that there were no grounds to withdraw the statues from the auction.

但是周一，巴黎法庭却裁判声明说从拍卖会上撤下这些雕像是没有法律依据的。