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美国宪法副本拍出天价,对冲基金亿万富翁成为新主人

美国宪法副本拍出天价,对冲基金亿万富翁成为新主人

DECLAN HARTY 2021-11-23
Citadel公司CEO出价4,320万美元,成功拍得一份《美国宪法》原始副本。

对冲基金亿万富翁肯·格里芬在一次拍卖中击败了意料之外的竞争对手、加密货币联合组织ConstitutionDAO,成为一份《美国宪法》稀有副本的新主人。

上周四晚上,Citadel公司CEO出价4,320万美元,成功拍得一份《美国宪法》原始副本,目前仅存13份。格里芬是一位知名艺术收藏家,在芝加哥当代艺术博物馆(Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago)和纽约惠特尼美国艺术博物馆(New York's Whitney Museum of American Art)董事会任职。他计划将此次拍得的副本出借给位于阿肯色州本顿维尔的水晶桥美国艺术博物馆(Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art)。该博物馆由沃尔玛(Walmart)的女继承人爱丽丝·沃顿创建,供人们免费参观。

格里芬在一份声明中表示:“《美国宪法》是一份神圣的文献,其中铭记了所有美国人以及渴望成为美国人的所有人享有的权利。因此,我希望这份宪法能够在博物馆和其他公共空间,供所有美国人和游客欣赏和瞻仰。”

在拍卖过程中,格里芬发现有一位出人意料的竞争对手与他针锋相对,它就是ConstitutionDAO。该组织的名称中DAO来自“去中心化自治组织”这个行业术语,由加密货币爱好者、软件开发商甚至格莱姆斯等名人组成。为了竞拍这份宪法副本,该组织从约17,000名捐赠人手中成功募款超过4,000万美元。组织此次拍卖的苏富比拍卖行(Sotheby's)对这件拍卖品的估价为2,000万美元。双方轮流出价,拍卖共持续了八分钟,最终格里芬胜出。

苏富比表示,最后的成交价是史上最高的书籍、手稿或印刷文本拍卖价格。(财富中文网)

译者:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

对冲基金亿万富翁肯·格里芬在一次拍卖中击败了意料之外的竞争对手、加密货币联合组织ConstitutionDAO,成为一份《美国宪法》稀有副本的新主人。

上周四晚上,Citadel公司CEO出价4,320万美元,成功拍得一份《美国宪法》原始副本,目前仅存13份。格里芬是一位知名艺术收藏家,在芝加哥当代艺术博物馆(Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago)和纽约惠特尼美国艺术博物馆(New York's Whitney Museum of American Art)董事会任职。他计划将此次拍得的副本出借给位于阿肯色州本顿维尔的水晶桥美国艺术博物馆(Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art)。该博物馆由沃尔玛(Walmart)的女继承人爱丽丝·沃顿创建,供人们免费参观。

格里芬在一份声明中表示:“《美国宪法》是一份神圣的文献,其中铭记了所有美国人以及渴望成为美国人的所有人享有的权利。因此,我希望这份宪法能够在博物馆和其他公共空间,供所有美国人和游客欣赏和瞻仰。”

在拍卖过程中,格里芬发现有一位出人意料的竞争对手与他针锋相对,它就是ConstitutionDAO。该组织的名称中DAO来自“去中心化自治组织”这个行业术语,由加密货币爱好者、软件开发商甚至格莱姆斯等名人组成。为了竞拍这份宪法副本,该组织从约17,000名捐赠人手中成功募款超过4,000万美元。组织此次拍卖的苏富比拍卖行(Sotheby's)对这件拍卖品的估价为2,000万美元。双方轮流出价,拍卖共持续了八分钟,最终格里芬胜出。

苏富比表示,最后的成交价是史上最高的书籍、手稿或印刷文本拍卖价格。(财富中文网)

译者:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin is the new owner of a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution—beating out the unlikely runner up, crypto collective ConstitutionDAO.

On Thursday evening, the Citadel CEO placed the winning bid in a $43.2 million auction to acquire what is one of the 13 surviving original copies of the U.S. Constitution. Griffin, a well-known art collector who sits on the boards of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and New York's Whitney Museum of American Art, now plans to loan the artifact to the free-admission Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., founded by Walmart heiress Alice Walton.

"The U.S. Constitution is a sacred document that enshrines the rights of every American and all those who aspire to be," Griffin said in a statement. "That is why I intend to ensure that this copy of our Constitution will be available for all Americans and visitors to view and appreciate in our museums and other public spaces."

In pursuit of the winning bid, Griffin found himself caught in lockstep with an unlikely competitor: ConstitutionDAO. The group, whose name is partially derived from the jargony term that describes it, "decentralized autonomous organization", is made up of crypto enthusiasts, software developers, and even celebrities like Grimes. The collective had managed to raise more than $40 million from some 17,000 donors to finance a bid for the document. Sotheby's, which handled the auction, had put a high estimate of $20 million on the copy. Bidding lasted eight minutes as the two sides went back and forth on the price, before Griffin prevailed.

Ultimately, the sale turned out to be what Sotheby's called the highest price ever paid at auction for a book, manuscript, or printed text.

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