This undated handout photo issued by henry aldridge & son auction house ， shows a 162 - year - old christmas card . the card was sold at auction in devizes ， england on saturday dec . 3 ， 2005 for 16 ， 000 dollars 这张未标明具体日期的资料照片显示的是已有162年历史的圣诞卡。 12月3日（星期六） ，这张卡在英国德维兹成功拍卖。负责此次拍卖活动的亨利?奥尔德里奇父子拍卖行介绍说，这张卡的成交价格是1 . 6万美元。
A 162 - year - old christmas card , one of the first commercial cards produced for the season , sold at auction in england on saturday for 16 , 000 . the hand - colored card , which shows a family celebrating around a table , is one of about 10 surviving from an original batch of 1 , 000 printed in 1843 , auctioneers hendry aldridge and son said 本次拍卖活动的主办方亨德利奥尔德里奇父子拍卖行的有关人员表示，这张圣诞卡片是于1843年印制的，当时这批贺卡总共印刷了1000张，而目前的“幸存者”仅有10张。
