丘吉尔抽剩的半支雪茄以1.2万美元售出

A cigar once smoked by former British prime minister Winston Churchill has sold for $12,000, according to the Boston-based RR Auction house.

总部位于美国波士顿的RR拍卖行表示，英国前首相温斯顿·丘吉尔曾抽过的一支雪茄近日被以1.2万美元的价格售出。

Churchill partially smoked the 10cm cigar at the Le Bourget Airport in Paris on May 11, 1947.

1947年5月11日，丘吉尔曾在巴黎的布尔歇机场吸食了这支10厘米长的雪茄的一部分。

The Cuban cigar features a red-and-gold La Corona label alongside the wartime leader's full name.

该古巴雪茄上印有红色和金色的拉科罗纳商标，旁边还有这位战时领袖的全名。

The half-smoked cigar was kept by a British airman who flew Churchill and his wife to and from Paris.

当年，丘吉尔抽了一半的这支雪茄被送丘吉尔及其夫人往返巴黎的飞行员所收藏。

It was sold to a collector in Palm Beach, Florida in the US. The buyer's name was not released.

该雪茄被卖给了美国佛罗里达州棕榈滩的一位收藏家。这名买家的姓名并未对外公布。

Bobby Livingston, executive vice president at RR Auction, called the item "a synonymous piece from Churchill's trademark look".

RR拍卖行的执行副总裁博比·利文斯通称该物品为“丘吉尔标志性造型的代名词”。

In 2015, a chewed up Churchill cigar butt was sold for 2,000 pounds at a British auction house.

2015年，丘吉尔抽剩的一个雪茄烟头在英国一家拍卖行以2000英镑的价格出售。