价值850万美元：世界上最贵的玩具别墅（双语）

　　爱语导读:这套价值850万美元，名为阿斯托拉拖玩偶城堡无疑是世界上最贵的。

　　Priced at an eye-watering $8.5 million, the Astolat Dollhouse Castle is easily the most expensive dollhouse in the world. The 800 pound, 9 foot tall museum-quality miniature house, with its 29 rooms and a wizard’s tower to boot, was inspired by the fantasy castle ‘Astolat’ that features in Alfred Tennyson’s poem Lady of the Shalott, and built over a period of 13 years, between 1974 and 1987.

　　这套价值850万美元，名为阿斯托拉拖玩偶城堡无疑是世界上最贵的。里面有29间房间，有巫师塔。这座绝美城堡是受到阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生的诗篇《夏洛特夫人》的启发，从1974年到1987年，历时13年才制作完成。

　　Miniature artist Elaine Diehl was primarily in charge of building the Astolat Dollhouse, but she collaborated with many artists all over the world. According to Wikipedia, the “interiors and adjoining areas were each constructed to the highest standards of that time,” while “the exterior took a year to sculpt to the final finish.”

　　微型艺术家艾琳·迪尔是这座名为阿斯托拉拖玩偶城堡的主要负责人，她召集了世界上许多艺术家一同合作完成。根据维基百科所的资料，“内部和相邻地区都采用的是当时建筑的最高水平而建造。”并且“外部花费一年时间才做成最后的样子。”

　　The Dollhouse Castle is currently valued at a staggering $8.5 million, with plenty of factors contributing to this price. One of them is the structure itself – it has a copper roof, and its wood walls are finished with papier-m?ché and sculpted to a rough faux stone finish. A few of these exterior wall panels have a 3D effect when the viewer looks into the castle. Other walls are removable or can be opened for 360-degree group viewing.

　　玩偶城堡现在价值850万美元，里面融合了多种元素。其中一个元素就是结构——铜制屋顶和木制墙壁（用混凝纸浆和粗仿石做成）。当观赏者看到城堡时，可以看到一些外部墙砖采用3D立体构造。其他的墙壁是可拆卸，并且能够360度打开以供观赏。

　　Its value is also attributed to the exclusive collection of approximately 30,000 high quality miniatures that come with the house, made from real gold, sterling silver, and other exquisite materials like lapis lazuli. The rooms are tastefully decorated with 10,000 of these pieces at any given time, including miniature furniture like tables, chairs, shelves, and vintage cots, miniature artwork and decor pieces, and lighting, all made by renowned artists from around the world.

　　另 外一个让这座城堡价值连城的原因就是建造所用的大约30000件高质量迷你装饰。这些物件全部是由纯金、纯银和其他珍贵材料例如天青石所制成。房间设计品 位十足，里面装饰件共达到10000件，包括例如桌子、椅子、架子和古老建议床等迷你家具，还有微型艺术作品、装饰件和吊灯。这都是世界知名微型艺术家所 完成的作品。

　　The castle boasts seven levels filled with stairways, halls, unique parapet floors, framed mirrors, tapestries, gold chandeliers, oil paintings, and fireplaces, all leading up to the top floor housing the wizard’s tower, outfitted with telescopes and zodiacal signs. The furnishings are said to reflect seven different periods and styles, including Oriental, Spanish, Tudor, 18th century English, and Victorian. The basement level houses the Knights of Columbus room, the wine cellar, kitchens, and the armory. The first floor has an entrance foyer, main stairway, and a butler’s closet, while the next level comes with a formal living room, dining room, and a music room with an accompanying audience balcony. The bottles in the castle’s bar all contain real alcohol, while the dining room has a silver flatware set worth $5,000.

　　这 座城堡有七层，设有楼梯、大厅、扶手楼梯、装饰镜子、挂毯、纯金枝形吊灯、油画和壁炉。从底层到巫师高塔一应俱全，还配有望远镜和黄道十二宫。据说这些家 具能够体现七种时期和风格，包括东方、西班牙、都铎、18世纪英国、维多利亚。地下室包括骑士哥伦布房间、酒窖、厨房和武器库。一层有休息室、主楼梯和管 家房，之后的一层配有正式的起居室、餐厅和配有观众席的音乐室。城堡中所有的瓶子里都有货真价实的酒，餐厅的银纸餐具价值5000美元。

　　The fourth level of the castle is perhaps the most interesting, with a fully stocked library of miniature books that can be read under a magnifying glass. The collection includes a tiny bible, considered to be the world’s smallest, and a miniature Torah. The library also features a drop-leaf secretary desk worth $2,500, an ornate fireplace, and a collection of dueling pistols. The fifth level consists of the sleeping quarters, installed with hand-stitched tapestries, plush beddings and miniature inlaid marble bathrooms stocked with real, usable toilet paper.

　　第四层是最有趣的，里面有配有微型图书的图书馆，可 以用放大镜阅读里面的书籍。收藏的书籍包括小型圣经，据说这是世界上最小的圣经，还有微型律法。图书馆还配备有垂板的书桌，价值2500美元。此外还有壁 炉和决斗手枪收藏。第五层用来睡觉休息，有手工挂毯、豪华床褥和迷你镶嵌大理石的卫生间，里面有真正可使用的厕纸。

　　The Dollhouse Castle was displayed at Elaine Diehl’s personal museum shop in Arizona until she retired in 1996. It was later shifted to the Tee Ridder division of the Nassau County Museum of Art in New York, and most recently on display at the Shops of Columbus Circle – a shopping mall in Manhattan’s Time-Warner Center – between November 12 and December 8. The proceeds from the exhibition were donated to a range of charities for children.

　　在艾琳1996年退休之前，这座玩偶城堡在她的私人博物馆商店展出。后来，这座城堡转移到了纽约郡艺术博物馆提里德分馆，现在经常在11月12号到12月8号期间在哥伦布圆环广场商店展出——这是一条位于曼哈顿华纳中心的商业街。所展出的费用将作为慈善费用捐献给孩子们。

　　You’ve obviously got to be rolling in it to be able to afford something this ridiculously exorbitant. Since most of us aren’t that rich, we’ll just have make do with ogling at the pictures instead.

　　你可能无法买的起这么贵的东西。我们少有人如此富有，我们能做的就是看看图片而已。 来源:The Guardian

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