美國前總統里根夫婦的私人物品將被拍賣

Furniture, jewelry and cowboy boots are among the more than 700 personal items that once belonged to U.S. President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan set for sale by auctioneer Christie's in New York.

包括傢俱、珠寶和牛仔靴在內，曾屬於美國前總統羅納德·里根和前第一夫人南希·里根的700多件私人物品將在紐約克里斯蒂拍賣行進行拍賣。

"It's the private side of a very public life," said Johnathan Rendell of Christie's. "A lot of the things on sale went with them from California to the White House and then came home again."

克里斯蒂拍賣行工作人員喬納森·蘭代爾表示：“這是公衆人物生活的私密一面。拍賣的很多東西都來自於他們在加州期間、在白宮期間以及卸任之後的生活。”

Nancy Reagan died in March while Ronald Reagan died in 2004.

南希·里根於今年3月去世，而羅納德·里根則早在2004年就去世了。

The auction is expected to generate more than $2 million dollars, with the money going to The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute.

這次拍賣預計將籌到超過200萬美元，這些錢將全部匯入羅納德·里根總統基金會和研究所。

Rendell said the couple lived modestly. "This is not an incredibly lavish lifestyle."

蘭代爾表示這對夫婦生活十分節儉。“這並不是一種難以置信的奢華的生活方式。”

"There are a lot of things that relate to their spending time together. Almost everything comes in pairs. They were notoriously devoted to each other and that really shows."

“很多東西都和他們花的時間有關。基本上每種東西都是成對的。衆所周知，他們很愛對方；而這些東西告訴我們，確實如此。”

Among the items are cowboy boots that were a gift from Western actor Rex Allen and embossed with the U.S. presidential seal, expected to sell for to to $20,000.

在這些物品中還有西部片明星雷克斯·艾倫贈送的牛仔靴，牛仔靴上印着里根的浮雕印章，預計將會被拍到20000美元。

The top lot of the sale is Mrs. Reagan's diamond and gold lion pendant necklace by Van Cleef And Arpels expected to sell for $30,000 to $50,000.

拍品中最值錢的當屬由梵克雅寶打造的里根夫人的鑽石和黃金獅子吊墜項鍊，拍賣價格預計將爲30000到50000美元。