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Rescued Titanic treasures sold for huge sums

Astonishing items from the doomed ship
Doll’s head: $7,900
First-class carpet: $18,750
Signed postcard: $20,000
Lifeboat biscuit: $23,200
Keys on a brass fob: $27,900
Third-class menu postcard: $44,650
First class deck plan: $48,800
Unused ticket: $56,250
Victim’s pocket watch: $57,500
Rescue boat medal: $61,870
Walking stick: $62,500
Unused lifejacket: $68,500
Bronze lifeboat nameplates: up to $70,000 each
Poster for Titanic’s return voyage: $85,200
Rescue mission sextant: $92,200
Deck log for C.S. MacKay-Bennett: $102,000
Final first-class menu: $118,750
RMS Carpathia rescue report: up to $120,000
Deckchair: $154,000
A letter on Titanic paper: $155,000
Keys to the Crow’s Nest: $176,700
Steward’s pocket watch: $197,000
Ship’s plan: $358,000
Violin playing as the Titanic sank: $1.4 million
Collective value of recovered jewels: $200 million
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Astonishing items from the doomed ship

The most famous shipwreck of modern times, the Titanic collided with an iceberg in the late hours of 14 April 1912, and the disaster claimed the lives of some 1,500 of its 2,240 passengers. But over the years, treasures telling the story of those passengers, both those who survived and those who sadly lost their lives, have been recovered. Read on to discover some of the most spectacular, and valuable, pieces from the tragic ship.
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Hannah Ward-Glenton

05 October 2021

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