泰坦尼克號沙灘椅拍賣 10萬英鎊成交
A humble wooden deckchair recovered from the doomed Titanic has sold for £100,350 at auction.
上週舉行的一場拍賣會上，泰坦尼克號上的一張沙灘椅以以100350（約合93.1萬元人民幣）英鎊的高價成交。
The Nantucket wooden chair, which once sat on a first-class promenade of the ill-fated ship, was salvaged by a search team from the Atlantic Ocean after the Titanic sank in 1912.
這張沙灘椅原本是放在泰坦尼克號頭等艙甲板通道上的，巨輪1912年沉沒之後被搜索隊打撈上來。
Dubbed 'one of the rarest types of Titanic collectable', the chair is too fragile to sit on, but has been carefully preserved, having been owned by a British collector for the past 15 years.
這張沙灘椅被稱爲“泰坦尼克號收藏品中最罕見的一種”，它結構脆弱，不適合坐臥，但被精心收藏，據悉近15年來它被一位英國收藏家保存着。
The ship's log records six or seven deckchairs being picked up and taken back to port in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
船上的航海日誌記錄顯示船上共有6-7張這樣的帆布躺椅，計劃運往加拿大新斯科舍省的哈利法克斯。
One was given by a crew member to Captain Julien Lemarteleur, who had previously worked on board the Mackay-Bennett.
其中一把椅子被一名船員給了勒馬特勒爾船長，他之前曾在麥凱-本尼特號船上工作過。
The anonymous seller kept it by a large window overlooking the sea at his home on the south coast, never sat on it due to its fragile state and instead used it as a display item.
一位匿名的買家後來收藏了它，並將它擺在自己家裏有落地窗能看到大海的房間裏，因爲這張椅子結構脆弱，所以它只是作爲陳列擺設。
It was sold yesterday at Henry Aldridge and Son auction house in Devizes, Wiltshire, to a UK buyer.
上週在威爾特郡迪韋齊斯的一場拍賣會上，這張椅子被一位英國買家拍走。
Andrew Aldridge, of auctioneers Henry Aldridge and Son, described the piece as one of 'the most important [bits] of Titanic memorabilia around'.
拍賣會的拍賣者安得烈·奧爾德里奇稱這把椅子是“泰坦尼克號上最值得收藏的紀念品之一”。
He said: 'It is incredibly rare to find something of that size that was on Titanic, was salvaged and that still exists today.
他說：“這種大小和結構的椅子能在已經沉沒的泰坦尼克號上被發現，並保存至今，實屬罕見。”
The chair is made of teak wood and has an adjustable footrest at the front. It is 57 inches long, 23 inches wide and 35 inches tall.
這張沙灘椅長57英寸（約1.4米），寬23英寸（約0.58米），高35英寸（約0.89米），由柚木做成，前端的腳凳可調節。
It has a five pointed star on top of it, which was the emblem of White Star Line - the company that owned the Titanic.
椅背上方還有個五角星圖案，這是泰坦尼克號所屬公司白星線公司的標誌。
Upon his death in 1973, Capt Lemarteleur gave the chair to colleague Captain Robin Lee. The current owner acquired it in 2001.
勒馬特勒爾船長1973年去世後把椅子給了同事羅賓·李船長。椅子現在的主人是在2001年的時候得到它的。
Sold with the chair was an in depth 'provenance package' that authenticates history and association with Titanic.
隨着椅子一同拍賣的還有一個詳細介紹並證明椅子的歷史出處等的包裹，它表明這把椅子確實與泰坦尼克號有聯繫。
It includes a signed affidavit from Margarete Pennington, who was Mr Lemarteleur's housekeeper in the 1960s.
這個包裹中包括了一份署名的宣誓書，作者名叫瑪格麗特·潘寧頓，她是20世紀六十年代船長勒馬特勒爾家裏的女管家。
Craig Sopin, 57, a lawyer from Philadelphia, owns one of the world's largest collections of Titanic memorabilia.
今年57歲的克雷格·索斌是美國費城的一名律師，他是泰坦尼克號紀念品收藏數量最多的收藏家之一。
He also authenticated the chair and said: 'It isn't often that one has the opportunity to acquire such an important part of Titanic's story.
他也確認了這把椅子的真實性，他說：“能有機會獲得這樣重要的收藏品，非常難得。”
Titanic sank with the loss of 1,522 lives four hours after it struck on iceberg at 10.20pm on April 14.
泰坦尼克號於1912年4月14日撞上冰山後沉沒，1522人因此喪生。
