 | | "E" in front of the Enron's Houston building |
One of the famed tilted "E" Enron logo signs that once adorned the front of the fallen energy giant's Houston headquarters sold for a paltry ,500, less than a fourth of what a virtually identical sign sold for two months ago. It is the third Enron logo sign, dubbed the "crooked E," to sell at Enron's three post-bankruptcy auctions, and by far the cheapest. The first, from the company's London offices, sold for ,000 earlier this year, and another one from a Houston office building sold for ,000 at a packed Sept. 25 auction. The owner of the latest "E" is Fred Massey, a 55-year-old Houston chemist and businessman who bought it as a Christmas present for his wife. "The whole thing was strictly kind of spontaneous. I walked in on it and haven't decided what to do with it yet," Massey said, "It would make a hell of a Christmas ornament, wouldn't it?" (Agencies) | 隨著安然能源公司的丑聞曝光，曾經(jīng)風(fēng)光無限地在公司休斯頓總部門口裝點(diǎn)門面的標(biāo)志圖案"E"也身價(jià)大跌。近日，在安然公司的破產(chǎn)拍賣會(huì)上，其中一個(gè)"E"的售價(jià)僅為1萬多美金，而兩個(gè)月前，另一個(gè)完全相同的圖案"E"價(jià)錢是它的四倍。 到目前為止，關(guān)于安然公司的破產(chǎn)拍賣會(huì)已經(jīng)舉辦了三場。這是在拍賣會(huì)上賣出的第三個(gè)"E"，被稱為"彎曲的E"。同時(shí)它也是售價(jià)最低的一個(gè)。  第一個(gè)賣出的"E"來自安然倫敦公司，于今年年初以1.5萬美金的價(jià)格被拍賣。第二個(gè)也是來自是安然休斯頓總部，在9月25日的拍賣會(huì)上賣出，售價(jià)為4.5萬美金。
而這第三個(gè)"E"的得主是55歲的化學(xué)家兼商人弗雷德·馬西，他坦言買下這個(gè)"E"是想作為圣誕禮物送給他的妻子。 他說："這一切都并非刻意安排。我剛好走進(jìn)拍賣場，很自然地把它買了下來。但我還沒想好能用它來干嘛。我想這會(huì)是個(gè)很好的圣誕裝飾品，不是嗎？" a hell of sth. 表示強(qiáng)調(diào)語氣 （中國日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)站譯） |
Updated: 2002-12-09 01:00
