The uninitiated buyer could be forgiven for thinking that an apartment with a price tag of $10 million, $20 million or much more comes fully¹ loaded with amenities². But as prices for ultraluxury condos in Manhattan continue to climb, practically every extra inch in these fancy new buildings — be it in storage units in the basement or in staff quarters on a separate floor — is being sold à la carte for extraordinary sums.

不懂行情的买家可能会以为，那些标价100万美元(约合人民币615万元)、200万美元(约合人民币1230万元)乃至更高的公寓，肯定是把所有配套设施都安排好了的，也难怪他们会这么想。但是，随着曼哈顿超奢华共管公寓的房价持续攀升，在这些华丽的新楼盘里，几乎每一英寸的额外空间都能以超高的价格单独销售，不管它的位置是在地下室里的储藏单元，还是各楼层里的佣人房。

Wire-mesh storage cages in the basement of 18 Gramercy Park, where a $42 million duplex penthouse closed last year, are going for $75,000, or $2,143 per square foot, for a 35-square-foot space. Private wine cellars range from $98,500 for 900 bottles to $215,000 for 1,700 bottles at 135 East 79th Street, an Upper East Side prewar revival³ where an apartment recently went into contract for $26.5 million. Twenty-five staff suites⁴, commonly referred to as “maid’s rooms,” are selling for between $1.53 and $2.875 million at 432 Park Avenue, where a penthouse is in contract for $95 million. And then there are the underground parking spots at 42 Crosby Street in SoHo with price tags of $1 million apiece.

在格莱美西公园(Gramercy Park)18号，去年成交了一套4200万美元(约合人民币2.6亿元)的复式顶层公寓。如今，其地下室里35平方英尺(约合3平方米)的金属网储物笼要价是7.5万美元(约合人民币46万元)，约合每平方英尺2143美元(约合每平方米人民币15.3万元)。东79街135号是上东区的一栋战前风格建筑，其中的一套公寓最近以2650万美元(约合人民币1.6亿元)的价格成交。在这里，私人酒窖的价格最低为98500美元(约合人民币61万元)，可存放900瓶酒;最高为21.5万美元(约合人民币132万元)，可存放1700瓶酒。在公园大道432号，一套顶层公寓以9500万美元(约合人民币 5.8亿元)的价格成交。而楼内25间员工套房(也就是通常所说的佣人房)的卖价在153到287.5万美元(约合人民币941到1769万元)之间。此外，在苏豪区克罗斯比街(Crosby Street)42号，一个地下停车位的标价已经达到了100万美元(约合人民币615万元)。How sweet I roam’d from field to field

And tasted all the summer’s pride,

Till I the prince of love beheld⁵

Who in the sunny beams glide⁶!

He show’d me lilies for my hair,

And blushing roses for my brow；

He led me through his garden fair

Where all his golden pleasures grow．

With sweet May dew my wings were wet,

And Phoebus fired my vocal⁷ rage；

He caught me in his silken net,

And put me in his golden cage．

He loves to sit and hear me sing,

Then, laughing, sports and plays with me；

Then stretches out my golden wing,

And mocks my loss of liberty．

歌

田野里我欢快地游荡，

沐浴夏日的灿烂辉煌，

忽然间我看到一位爱情王子，

正在阳光中翩翩飞翔！

他呈上百合花来配我的秀发，

他拿出鲜红的玫瑰衬托我的面庞，

他把我带回他美丽的花园，

金黄的欢乐在那里生长。

五月里甜蜜的露水沾湿我的翅膀，

太阳把我的歌喉烧得更加响亮；

他用丝网将我捕获，

再用黄金的笼子把我深藏。

他喜欢坐着听我歌唱，

然后与我嬉戏发出笑声朗朗；

他又张开我那金色的翅膀，

嘲弄地学我失去自由的模样。