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Steve Jobs' "reality distortion field" helped propel an empire, but it couldn't keep a leather wristwatch band from showing some serious wear. Even in "heavily worn condition," however, the Seiko wristwatch that Jobs wore in a 1984 photo shoot with the original Macintosh still fetched $42,500 in an online auction Saturday.
史蒂夫·乔布斯的“现实扭曲力场”理论虽然推进了苹果帝国的发展，但是它并依然不能阻止一块皮革质手表表带的自然磨损。不过，即便已经处于“严重磨损状况”，在当地时间上周六举办的网上拍卖中，乔布斯在1984年与世界上第一台Macintosh的合照中佩戴的那块Seiko手表还是以4.25万美元的价格被拍走了。
The watch was just one of a handful of personal items consigned by Jobs' longtime house manager Mark Sheff for the auction held by Heritage Auctions.
这块手表只是乔布斯小部分个人物品中的一件，而这些物品都是他的长期房屋管理人马克·谢夫在传统拍卖公司拍卖的。
A pair of Jobs' equally battered Birkenstock sandals sold for $2,750, one of his signature black turtlenecks with the Next logo on the front went for $7,500 and a lot including two of Jobs' Next business cards, a pen with an Apple logo and a postal service return receipt signed by the late Apple CEO garnered a winning bid of $16,250.
同样的，乔布斯的一双破旧勃肯鞋凉鞋也以2750美元的价格拍出，他的一件印有NEXT公司标识的黑色高领衫成交价为7500美元，此外，包括乔布斯的两张Next名片、一支有着苹果标志的钢笔和一封由该已故苹果CEO签署的邮政服务回执等在内的小物件最终成交价为16250美元。
The watch is perhaps best known for making an appearance on a 2011 special issue of Time magazine commemorating Jobs' life after his death from cancer.
乔布斯因癌症不幸故去后，《时代》杂志在2011年为纪念乔布斯的一生发布了特刊，或许乔布斯这款手表这么出名也得益于它在该杂志上的亮相。
Amazingly, the auction could indicate that the market for Jobs memorabilia has cooled off a little bit from the days when original Apple 1 computers were fetching well in excess of half a million dollars and a single legal document signed by Jobs was auctioned for over $40,000.
令人惊讶的是，这次拍卖或许表明，相比从前，消费者对乔布斯纪念品痴狂的火爆程度似乎稍微冷却了一点，过去，Apple 1计算机的原型机拍卖价曾超过了五十万美元，而一份乔布斯签署的法律文件则被拍卖到了4万美元。
Apparently you can put a price on distorting reality.
显然，在“扭曲的现实”中你可以这样定价。
