随着腰缠万贯的中国人涌进拍卖大厅，卖家已经减少了对私人股本公司日益退缩的恐惧。

With deep-pocketed Chinese crowding the auction rooms, sellers have less to fear from retreating private equity firms.

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人声鼎沸的拍卖大厅里，10位买家对这尊六英尺高的雕塑作品展开竞价，雕塑于1960年构思并在一年之后完成。

In an overflowing salesroom 10 bidders competed for the six-foot-tall sculpture, which was conceived in 1960 and cast a year later.

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对拍卖商手中最昂贵的货品，如画作、雕塑和古董，客户们则用电话方式竞投，或是在拍卖大厅通过举手竞价，正如几世纪以来他们所作的那样。

For the auctioneer's most expensive offerings-paintings, sculptures and antiques-they telephoned or went to the saleroom and bid at auction by raising their arms, as they have done for centuries.

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