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How much is a handbag worth? Say 100 pound? Maybe 500 pound? Perhaps even
1,000 pound?
一个手提包值多少钱?100英镑?也许500英镑?也许甚至是1000英镑?
How about handing over 279,000 pound for one bag - and a second-hand one at
that?
279,000英镑一个?还是二手的?
For that price, you could buy a house in the UK (where the average dwelling
costs 223,285 pound, according to the Halifax) and still have plenty left
over.
按照这个价格，你可以在英国买房子(根据哈利法克斯的数据，平均住房费用为223,285英镑)，而且还有绰绰有余。
It was fashioned from Nilo crocodile hide and adorned with 18-carat white
gold and diamond-encrusted details.
这里说的是尼罗鳄鱼皮制成，饰以18K白金和钻石镶嵌细节的手提袋。
While 279,000 pound is a record breaking price tag for this "holy grail" of
handbags, it is a drop in the ocean when it comes to the increasingly lucrative
market for buying and selling pre-owned luxury "arm furniture".
虽然这款“圣杯”手袋价格创下了279,000英镑的创纪录价格，但在购买和出售二手奢侈品“手臂家具”的日益增富的市场中，它却只是沧海一粟。
High-end bags have come a long way from the days when Princess Grace of
Monaco used an Hermes Sac a depeches to hide her growing baby bump from the
paparazzi. It was subsequently renamed the Kelly bag after the former Hollywood
star.
从一开始摩纳哥王菲格蕾丝使用的爱马仕Sac手提袋来遮挡她因怀疑而日益明显的大肚子，以躲避狗仔队，高端包袋经历了一段很长的历史变迁。后来这种手提袋被称为凯利包，以前好莱坞明星的名字命名。
Expensive handbags are now ubiquitous among celebrities such as reality TV
personalities Kim Kardashian West and her mother Kris Jenner.
昂贵的手袋现在在诸如真人秀节目的金·卡戴珊- 维基和她的母亲克莉絲·詹納等名人中无所不见。
However, these bags are no frivolous trinkets.
但是，这些手袋不是无聊的小饰物。
Auction house Christie’s says the global pre-owned luxury handbag market
has jumped from being worth 5.1m pound in 2011 to 26m pound in 2016.
拍卖行佳士得表示，全球二手奢侈品手袋市场已从2011年的价值510万英镑跃升至2016年的2600万英镑。
Heritage Auctions believes that the worldwide secondary auction market for
the "ultra high-end bags" is between USD 75m and 100m "and growing".
海瑞得拍卖行认为，“超高端包包”在全球二手拍卖市场的价格为7500万美元至1亿美元之间且“不断增长”。
In investment terms, these assets can offer a huge return on your cash.
从投资角度而言，这些资产可以为带来巨大的现金回报。
Investment bank Jefferies reckons that some bags can generate returns of
about 30% a year.
投资银行杰富瑞认为，一些包袋每年可带来约30%的回报。
Handbags made by Hermes, the French luxury goods house, are the most
sought-after.
法国奢侈品店爱马仕制造的手袋是最抢手的。 |
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发表于 2018-3-6 21:35:48