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Super Mario 64 Video Game Sells for $1.56 Million<blockquote>《超级马里奥64》电子游戏售价156万美元</blockquote>

The sale, to an anonymous bidder, set a record just two days after a copy of The Legend of Zelda sol

Super Mario 64 Video Game Sells for $1.56 Million<blockquote>《超级马里奥64》电子游戏售价156万美元</blockquote>

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An anonymous buyer has paid $1.56 million for a 25-year-old copy of Super Mario 64 in its original packaging, a record price for a video game, according to the auction house that sold it.<blockquote>据Heritage Auctions称，就在一本《塞尔达传说》以87万美元的价格售出两天后，这场拍卖给了一位匿名竞标者，创下了纪录。据出售该游戏的拍卖行称，一位匿名买家以156万美元的价格购买了一本已有25年历史的原始包装《超级马里奥64》，这是视频游戏的创纪录价格。</blockquote> Heritage Auctions said that it received 16 bids leading up to and during the live auction on Sunday for the mainly pristine condition 3-D Super Mario game, which sold for about $60 when it was released in 1996 and was the best-selling game for the Nintendo 64 console.<blockquote>Heritage Auctions表示，在周日的现场拍卖之前和期间，它收到了16个出价，拍卖主要是原始状态的3D超级马里奥游戏，该游戏在1996年发布时售价约为60美元，是任天堂64游戏机最畅销的游戏。</blockquote> The top bid was $1.3 million, according to Heritage Auctions, which added a buyer’s premium of 20 percent to the gavel price to bring the total to $1.56 million.<blockquote>根据Heritage Auctions的数据，最高出价为130万美元，在拍卖价格的基础上增加了20%的买家溢价，使总出价达到156万美元。</blockquote> The price sent shock waves through gaming and collecting circles, even aftera recent uptick in five- and six-figure salesof rare video games to investment-minded buyers. The sale was announced just two days after Heritage Auctions said that an early production copy of The Legend of Zelda from 1987 had sold for $870,000.<blockquote>尽管最近向具有投资意识的买家出售的稀有视频游戏达到了五位数和六位数，但这一价格还是在游戏和收藏界引起了冲击波。就在两天前，Heritage Auctions表示，1987年《塞尔达传说》的早期制作副本以87万美元的价格售出。</blockquote> Valarie McLeckie, the consignment director for video games at Heritage Auctions, said in an interview on Monday that she was astounded by the outcome of the Mario 64 auction.<blockquote>Heritage Auctions视频游戏寄售总监Valarie McLeckie在周一接受采访时表示，她对《马里奥64》拍卖的结果感到震惊。</blockquote> “I was blindsided, to be quite honest with you,” she said. “Never in my wildest dreams did I expect the price that was realized would become a reality.”<blockquote>“老实说，我措手不及，”她说。“我做梦也没想到，实现的代价会变成现实。”</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/7d7105186c23b4b61192148846dc21ac\" tg-width=\"589\" tg-height=\"544\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"><blockquote></blockquote> The game, which was part of a private collection, is sealed inside a clear plastic case resembling the anti-theft boxes used by retail stores. It includes a certification from Wata Games, an authentication company, attesting to its “like new” and factory-sealed condition, in its original shrink-wrapping.<blockquote>这款游戏是私人收藏的一部分，被密封在一个透明的塑料盒里，类似于零售店使用的防盗盒。它包括认证公司Wata Games的认证，证明其原始收缩包装中的“像新的一样”和工厂密封状态。</blockquote> Ms. McLeckie said that video game characters often evoke a sense of nostalgia, particularly Mario, who, with his brother, Luigi, first appeared on the screens of Nintendo players in 1985 inSuper Mario Bros.<blockquote>麦克莱基女士说，电子游戏角色经常唤起人们的怀旧感，尤其是马里奥，他和他的兄弟路易吉在1985年的《马里奥兄弟》中首次出现在任天堂玩家的屏幕上。</blockquote> In the original game, Mario must save the peace-loving Mushroom People from the Koopa, a tribe of turtles known for their black magic. The game spawned an enduring theme song and multiple variations, including Super Mario 64, in which Mario faces an array of obstacles and adversaries as he tries to rescue the kidnapped Princess Peach from the villain Bowser.<blockquote>在最初的游戏中，马里奥必须从库帕人手中拯救热爱和平的蘑菇人，库帕人是一个以黑魔法闻名的海龟部落。这款游戏催生了一首经久不衰的主题曲和多种变体，包括《超级马里奥64》，其中马里奥在试图从反派布瑟手中救出被绑架的桃子公主时面临着一系列障碍和对手。</blockquote> “He’s like the Mickey Mouse of video games,” Ms. McLeckie said of Mario. “He’s just so recognizable and really resonates with a wide audience of people.”<blockquote>“他就像电子游戏中的米老鼠，”麦克莱基女士谈到马里奥时说。“他的辨识度很高，确实能引起广大观众的共鸣。”</blockquote> Chris Kohler, a video game historian and the editorial director of Digital Eclipse, a video game studio that makes collections of classic games, said in an interview on Monday that he would have expected an older video game to contend for the sales record. He said that collectors could find copies of Super Mario 64 — not in mint condition but with the original box — for much less.<blockquote>视频游戏历史学家、制作经典游戏合集的视频游戏工作室Digital Eclipse的编辑总监克里斯·科勒(Chris Kohler)在周一接受采访时表示，他原本预计一款较老的视频游戏会争夺销售记录。他说，收藏家可以以更低的价格找到《超级马里奥64》的副本——不是全新的，而是有原包装盒的。</blockquote> “That was what kind of blew me away about that sale,” he said.<blockquote>“这就是那次销售让我大吃一惊的地方，”他说。</blockquote> Mr. Kohler said he remembered spending part of his first paycheck on Super Mario 64 when it was released.<blockquote>科勒先生说，他记得当《超级马里奥64》发行时，他把第一份薪水的一部分花在了这部电影上。</blockquote> “If you had told me at that point that somebody was going to buy a sealed one for $1.5 million in 25 years’ time, I don’t know what I would have done,” he said.<blockquote>“如果你当时告诉我，25年后有人要花150万美元购买一个密封的，我不知道我会怎么做，”他说。</blockquote> Many buyers are new to collecting video games and have crossed over from comic books and coins, according to Mr. Kohler.<blockquote>科勒表示，许多买家是收集电子游戏的新手，已经从漫画书和硬币转向了收藏。</blockquote> Don’t expect an unboxing video from the buyer, whom the auction house declined to identify. Ms. McLeckie laughed when asked whether the collector would actually play the game.<blockquote>不要指望买家会发布拆箱视频，拍卖行拒绝透露买家的身份。当被问及收藏家是否真的会玩这个游戏时，麦克莱基女士笑了。</blockquote> “I can say with certainty they’re going to leave it as is,” she said.<blockquote>“我可以肯定地说，他们会让它保持原样，”她说。</blockquote> In April, an unopened copy of Super Mario Bros. that had been bought in 1986 as a Christmas gift but sat forgotten in a desk drawerfetched $660,000, a record at the time, according to Heritage Auctions, which also brokered that sale.<blockquote>据Heritage Auctions称，今年4月，一本未开封的《超级马里奥兄弟》(Super Mario Bros.)以66万美元的价格售出，创下了当时的纪录，该公司也是此次拍卖的经纪人。</blockquote> Then on Friday, a 1987 edition of The Legend of Zelda sold for $870,000. Heritage Auctions said it was one of two sealed copies from the game’s earliest production runs that had been authenticated.<blockquote>然后在周五，一本1987年版的《塞尔达传说》以87万美元的价格售出。Heritage Auctions表示，这是该游戏最早生产的两份已被认证的密封副本之一。</blockquote> As the sales records keep toppling, the resulting frenzy has sent serious and casual gamers alike rummaging through their drawers and closets.<blockquote>随着销售记录不断被打破，由此产生的狂热让严肃和休闲的游戏玩家都翻遍了他们的抽屉和壁橱。</blockquote> “As you can imagine,” Ms. McLeckie said, “I’ve gotten a lot of inquiries this morning from hopefuls that maybe their video game is worth $1 million.”<blockquote>“你可以想象，”麦克莱基女士说，“今天早上我收到了很多有希望的人的询问，他们的视频游戏可能价值100万美元。”</blockquote>","source":"lsy1605590967916","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Super Mario 64 Video Game Sells for $1.56 Million<blockquote>《超级马里奥64》电子游戏售价156万美元</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nSuper Mario 64 Video Game Sells for $1.56 Million<blockquote>《超级马里奥64》电子游戏售价156万美元</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\nnewyork times2021-07-13 09:13\n\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n The sale, to an anonymous bidder, set a record just two days after a copy of The Legend of Zelda sold for $870,000, according to Heritage Auctions. An anonymous buyer has paid $1.56 million for a 25-year-old copy of Super Mario 64 in its original packaging, a record price for a video game, according to the auction house that sold it.<blockquote>据Heritage Auctions称，就在一本《塞尔达传说》以87万美元的价格售出两天后，这场拍卖给了一位匿名竞标者，创下了纪录。据出售该游戏的拍卖行称，一位匿名买家以156万美元的价格购买了一本已有25年历史的原始包装《超级马里奥64》，这是视频游戏的创纪录价格。</blockquote> Heritage Auctions said that it received 16 bids leading up to and during the live auction on Sunday for the mainly pristine condition 3-D Super Mario game, which sold for about $60 when it was released in 1996 and was the best-selling game for the Nintendo 64 console.<blockquote>Heritage Auctions表示，在周日的现场拍卖之前和期间，它收到了16个出价，拍卖主要是原始状态的3D超级马里奥游戏，该游戏在1996年发布时售价约为60美元，是任天堂64游戏机最畅销的游戏。</blockquote> The top bid was $1.3 million, according to Heritage Auctions, which added a buyer’s premium of 20 percent to the gavel price to bring the total to $1.56 million.<blockquote>根据Heritage Auctions的数据，最高出价为130万美元，在拍卖价格的基础上增加了20%的买家溢价，使总出价达到156万美元。</blockquote> The price sent shock waves through gaming and collecting circles, even aftera recent uptick in five- and six-figure salesof rare video games to investment-minded buyers. The sale was announced just two days after Heritage Auctions said that an early production copy of The Legend of Zelda from 1987 had sold for $870,000.<blockquote>尽管最近向具有投资意识的买家出售的稀有视频游戏达到了五位数和六位数，但这一价格还是在游戏和收藏界引起了冲击波。就在两天前，Heritage Auctions表示，1987年《塞尔达传说》的早期制作副本以87万美元的价格售出。</blockquote> Valarie McLeckie, the consignment director for video games at Heritage Auctions, said in an interview on Monday that she was astounded by the outcome of the Mario 64 auction.<blockquote>Heritage Auctions视频游戏寄售总监Valarie McLeckie在周一接受采访时表示，她对《马里奥64》拍卖的结果感到震惊。</blockquote> “I was blindsided, to be quite honest with you,” she said. “Never in my wildest dreams did I expect the price that was realized would become a reality.”<blockquote>“老实说，我措手不及，”她说。“我做梦也没想到，实现的代价会变成现实。”</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/7d7105186c23b4b61192148846dc21ac\" tg-width=\"589\" tg-height=\"544\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"><blockquote></blockquote> The game, which was part of a private collection, is sealed inside a clear plastic case resembling the anti-theft boxes used by retail stores. It includes a certification from Wata Games, an authentication company, attesting to its “like new” and factory-sealed condition, in its original shrink-wrapping.<blockquote>这款游戏是私人收藏的一部分，被密封在一个透明的塑料盒里，类似于零售店使用的防盗盒。它包括认证公司Wata Games的认证，证明其原始收缩包装中的“像新的一样”和工厂密封状态。</blockquote> Ms. McLeckie said that video game characters often evoke a sense of nostalgia, particularly Mario, who, with his brother, Luigi, first appeared on the screens of Nintendo players in 1985 inSuper Mario Bros.<blockquote>麦克莱基女士说，电子游戏角色经常唤起人们的怀旧感，尤其是马里奥，他和他的兄弟路易吉在1985年的《马里奥兄弟》中首次出现在任天堂玩家的屏幕上。</blockquote> In the original game, Mario must save the peace-loving Mushroom People from the Koopa, a tribe of turtles known for their black magic. The game spawned an enduring theme song and multiple variations, including Super Mario 64, in which Mario faces an array of obstacles and adversaries as he tries to rescue the kidnapped Princess Peach from the villain Bowser.<blockquote>在最初的游戏中，马里奥必须从库帕人手中拯救热爱和平的蘑菇人，库帕人是一个以黑魔法闻名的海龟部落。这款游戏催生了一首经久不衰的主题曲和多种变体，包括《超级马里奥64》，其中马里奥在试图从反派布瑟手中救出被绑架的桃子公主时面临着一系列障碍和对手。</blockquote> “He’s like the Mickey Mouse of video games,” Ms. McLeckie said of Mario. “He’s just so recognizable and really resonates with a wide audience of people.”<blockquote>“他就像电子游戏中的米老鼠，”麦克莱基女士谈到马里奥时说。“他的辨识度很高，确实能引起广大观众的共鸣。”</blockquote> Chris Kohler, a video game historian and the editorial director of Digital Eclipse, a video game studio that makes collections of classic games, said in an interview on Monday that he would have expected an older video game to contend for the sales record. He said that collectors could find copies of Super Mario 64 — not in mint condition but with the original box — for much less.<blockquote>视频游戏历史学家、制作经典游戏合集的视频游戏工作室Digital Eclipse的编辑总监克里斯·科勒(Chris Kohler)在周一接受采访时表示，他原本预计一款较老的视频游戏会争夺销售记录。他说，收藏家可以以更低的价格找到《超级马里奥64》的副本——不是全新的，而是有原包装盒的。</blockquote> “That was what kind of blew me away about that sale,” he said.<blockquote>“这就是那次销售让我大吃一惊的地方，”他说。</blockquote> Mr. Kohler said he remembered spending part of his first paycheck on Super Mario 64 when it was released.<blockquote>科勒先生说，他记得当《超级马里奥64》发行时，他把第一份薪水的一部分花在了这部电影上。</blockquote> “If you had told me at that point that somebody was going to buy a sealed one for $1.5 million in 25 years’ time, I don’t know what I would have done,” he said.<blockquote>“如果你当时告诉我，25年后有人要花150万美元购买一个密封的，我不知道我会怎么做，”他说。</blockquote> Many buyers are new to collecting video games and have crossed over from comic books and coins, according to Mr. Kohler.<blockquote>科勒表示，许多买家是收集电子游戏的新手，已经从漫画书和硬币转向了收藏。</blockquote> Don’t expect an unboxing video from the buyer, whom the auction house declined to identify. Ms. McLeckie laughed when asked whether the collector would actually play the game.<blockquote>不要指望买家会发布拆箱视频，拍卖行拒绝透露买家的身份。当被问及收藏家是否真的会玩这个游戏时，麦克莱基女士笑了。</blockquote> “I can say with certainty they’re going to leave it as is,” she said.<blockquote>“我可以肯定地说，他们会让它保持原样，”她说。</blockquote> In April, an unopened copy of Super Mario Bros. that had been bought in 1986 as a Christmas gift but sat forgotten in a desk drawerfetched $660,000, a record at the time, according to Heritage Auctions, which also brokered that sale.<blockquote>据Heritage Auctions称，今年4月，一本未开封的《超级马里奥兄弟》(Super Mario Bros.)以66万美元的价格售出，创下了当时的纪录，该公司也是此次拍卖的经纪人。</blockquote> Then on Friday, a 1987 edition of The Legend of Zelda sold for $870,000. Heritage Auctions said it was one of two sealed copies from the game’s earliest production runs that had been authenticated.<blockquote>然后在周五，一本1987年版的《塞尔达传说》以87万美元的价格售出。Heritage Auctions表示，这是该游戏最早生产的两份已被认证的密封副本之一。</blockquote> As the sales records keep toppling, the resulting frenzy has sent serious and casual gamers alike rummaging through their drawers and closets.<blockquote>随着销售记录不断被打破，由此产生的狂热让严肃和休闲的游戏玩家都翻遍了他们的抽屉和壁橱。</blockquote> “As you can imagine,” Ms. McLeckie said, “I’ve gotten a lot of inquiries this morning from hopefuls that maybe their video game is worth $1 million.”<blockquote>“你可以想象，”麦克莱基女士说，“今天早上我收到了很多有希望的人的询问，他们的视频游戏可能价值100万美元。”</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/business/super-mario-64-auction.html?searchResultPosition=1\">newyork times</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{},"source_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/business/super-mario-64-auction.html?searchResultPosition=1","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1131092552","content_text":"The sale, to an anonymous bidder, set a record just two days after a copy of The Legend of Zelda sold for $870,000, according to Heritage Auctions.\n\nAn anonymous buyer has paid $1.56 million for a 25-year-old copy of Super Mario 64 in its original packaging, a record price for a video game, according to the auction house that sold it.\nHeritage Auctions said that it received 16 bids leading up to and during the live auction on Sunday for the mainly pristine condition 3-D Super Mario game, which sold for about $60 when it was released in 1996 and was the best-selling game for the Nintendo 64 console.\nThe top bid was $1.3 million, according to Heritage Auctions, which added a buyer’s premium of 20 percent to the gavel price to bring the total to $1.56 million.\nThe price sent shock waves through gaming and collecting circles, even aftera recent uptick in five- and six-figure salesof rare video games to investment-minded buyers. The sale was announced just two days after Heritage Auctions said that an early production copy of The Legend of Zelda from 1987 had sold for $870,000.\nValarie McLeckie, the consignment director for video games at Heritage Auctions, said in an interview on Monday that she was astounded by the outcome of the Mario 64 auction.\n“I was blindsided, to be quite honest with you,” she said. “Never in my wildest dreams did I expect the price that was realized would become a reality.”\n\nThe game, which was part of a private collection, is sealed inside a clear plastic case resembling the anti-theft boxes used by retail stores. It includes a certification from Wata Games, an authentication company, attesting to its “like new” and factory-sealed condition, in its original shrink-wrapping.\nMs. McLeckie said that video game characters often evoke a sense of nostalgia, particularly Mario, who, with his brother, Luigi, first appeared on the screens of Nintendo players in 1985 inSuper Mario Bros.\nIn the original game, Mario must save the peace-loving Mushroom People from the Koopa, a tribe of turtles known for their black magic. The game spawned an enduring theme song and multiple variations, including Super Mario 64, in which Mario faces an array of obstacles and adversaries as he tries to rescue the kidnapped Princess Peach from the villain Bowser.\n“He’s like the Mickey Mouse of video games,” Ms. McLeckie said of Mario. “He’s just so recognizable and really resonates with a wide audience of people.”\nChris Kohler, a video game historian and the editorial director of Digital Eclipse, a video game studio that makes collections of classic games, said in an interview on Monday that he would have expected an older video game to contend for the sales record. He said that collectors could find copies of Super Mario 64 — not in mint condition but with the original box — for much less.\n“That was what kind of blew me away about that sale,” he said.\nMr. Kohler said he remembered spending part of his first paycheck on Super Mario 64 when it was released.\n“If you had told me at that point that somebody was going to buy a sealed one for $1.5 million in 25 years’ time, I don’t know what I would have done,” he said.\nMany buyers are new to collecting video games and have crossed over from comic books and coins, according to Mr. Kohler.\nDon’t expect an unboxing video from the buyer, whom the auction house declined to identify. Ms. McLeckie laughed when asked whether the collector would actually play the game.\n“I can say with certainty they’re going to leave it as is,” she said.\nIn April, an unopened copy of Super Mario Bros. that had been bought in 1986 as a Christmas gift but sat forgotten in a desk drawerfetched $660,000, a record at the time, according to Heritage Auctions, which also brokered that sale.\nThen on Friday, a 1987 edition of The Legend of Zelda sold for $870,000. Heritage Auctions said it was one of two sealed copies from the game’s earliest production runs that had been authenticated.\nAs the sales records keep toppling, the resulting frenzy has sent serious and casual gamers alike rummaging through their drawers and closets.\n“As you can imagine,” Ms. McLeckie said, “I’ve gotten a lot of inquiries this morning from hopefuls that maybe their video game is worth $1 million.”","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":1317,"commentLimit":10,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"symbols":[],"verified":2,"subType":0,"readableState":1,"langContent":"EN","currentLanguage":"EN","warmUpFlag":false,"orderFlag":false,"shareable":true,"causeOfNotShareable":"","featuresForAnalytics":[],"commentAndTweetFlag":false,"andRepostAutoSelectedFlag":false,"upFlag":false,"length":15,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"hasMoreComment":false,"orderType":2}