倫敦舉行世界上首個女性專場拍賣會Women get what they want in London auction

A Bonham's auction house employee displays a gold necklace at the "What Women Want" auction collection in central London 11 January 2007.

The world's first auction targeted exclusively at women made more than 250,000 pounds (380,000 euros, 493,000 dollars) at Bonham's auction house in London, a spokeswoman said.

"What Women Want" was made up of over 300 lots including clothes, jewellery, works of art and furniture, although the most expensive individual sale was of a 1970 blue Mercedesconvertible car, which sold for 27,600 pounds.

"More than half of the lots have been sold. We are really pleased with the results and 80 percent of the people in the room were women," a Bonhams spokeswoman told reporters.

But there were no takers for some of the lots at the auction, such as a Smart car formerly owned by British pop star Robbie Williams, which had a 10,000 pound price tag.

"Definitely we are looking forward to repeating it in London next year after tailoring the catalogue with what works well," added the spokeswoman.

She added that Bonhams' offices in Los Angeles and New York would be holding similar sales in future.

(AFP)

倫敦邦漢姆拍賣行日前舉辦了世界上首個女性專場拍賣會，據拍賣行的女發言人介紹，此次拍賣的總收入超過25萬英鎊。

這場名為“女人為誰而狂”的拍賣會共有衣服、珠寶、工藝品、家具等300多件拍賣品。其中最昂貴的單件賣品是一輛1970年的藍色奔馳活頂轎車，它以27600英鎊的價格被賣出。

邦漢姆拍賣行的女發言人在接受記者采訪時說：“一半以上的物品都被賣出，我們真的很高興，而且拍賣會上80％的來客都是女性。”

但有些物品則無人問津，比如，英國流行歌星羅比·威廉姆斯開過的一輛標價為1萬英鎊的Smart轎車。

這位女發言人說：“我們希望明年還能在倫敦舉辦這個拍賣會，不過我們得多提供一些暢銷的物品。”

她說，邦漢姆拍賣行在洛杉磯和紐約的分行今后也會舉行類似的拍賣。