 | | "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，曾經風光無限地在公司休斯頓總部門口裝點門面的標志圖案"E"也身價大跌。近日，在安然公司的破產拍賣會上，其中一個"E"的售價僅為1萬多美金，而兩個月前，另一個完全相同的圖案"E"價錢是它的四倍。 到目前為止，關于安然公司的破產拍賣會已經舉辦了三場。這是在拍賣會上賣出的第三個"E"，被稱為"彎曲的E"。同時它也是售價最低的一個。  第一個賣出的"E"來自安然倫敦公司，于今年年初以1.5萬美金的價格被拍賣。第二個也是來自是安然休斯頓總部，在9月25日的拍賣會上賣出，售價為4.5萬美金。
而這第三個"E"的得主是55歲的化學家兼商人弗雷德·馬西，他坦言買下這個"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。我想這會是個很好的圣誕裝飾品，不是嗎？" a hell of sth. 表示強調語氣 （中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2002-12-09 01:00
