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①The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sotheby’s in London on September 15th 2008. ②All but two pieces sold, fetching more than￡70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. ④As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman brothers, filed for bankruptcy. ①2008年9月15日，在伦敦 Sotheby 举办的 《我的内心永远美丽》 中，一个世纪之内艺术品市场历史最长的牛市随着 Damien Hirst r 56 件作品被出售而戏剧性结束了。 ②除了两件作品外的其它作品都出售了，得到超过 70m 欧元，这是单个艺术家销售的纪录。③这是最后的胜利。④当拍卖师喊出拍卖价格，在纽约，华尔街最古老的银行雷曼兄弟申请破产。 ①The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003. ②At its peak in 2007 it was worth some$65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlier. ③Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. ④But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth,enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries. ①从2003年的顶盛时期后，世界艺术品市场已经失去了动力。②根据研究公司艺术经济的创始人 Clare McAndrew 的预估，在2007年，其顶峰价值在大约 $65b，是更多5年数字的两倍。③其它或许下降到了 %$50b。④因为市场把大量的财富，巨大的自我，贪婪，激情和与其它实业论战 ①In the weeks and months that followed Mr. Hirst’s sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable. ②In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. ③Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector, they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008. ④Within weeks the world’s two biggest auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them. ①在Mr. Hirst 出售后的几周及周月之内，任何类型的花费都是非常不流行的。②在艺术领域这意味着收藏者远离画廊和销售室。③当代艺术吕的销量下降了 2/3, 并且从那些年到 2008年10月，在大多数过热的领域下降了近 90%。④在数周之内，世界两个大最大的拍卖场 Sotheby 和 Christie 不得不付出将近 $200m 给那些之前把作品放在他们这里进行拍卖的客户以保证。 ①The current downturn in the art mark