Titanic memorabilia up for auction
Published April 29th, 2006
Memorabilia from one of world’s famous disasters at sea is set to go under the hammer today.
Among more than 370 lots in the Titanic sale is a locket from a First Class passenger, Helen Churchill Candee, who was travelling to see her son who had had an accident in the US.
She gave the 19th century gilt portrait miniature of her mother to a friend as the ship was sinking because she had no pockets, and the piece is estimated to fetch up to £25,000 at the sale in Wiltshire.
A letter written on Titanic stationery during the voyage by one of her fellow survivors, Bath-born Edwina Troutt, which labels the ship a “floating palace”, is expected to sell for between £10,000 to £12,000 at the Devizes saleroom of Henry Alridge and Son.
Other items include a plan of First Class accommodation, a postcard franked in the ship`s post room and a picture of the Titanic and sister ship, Olympic, in the Belfast dockyard of Harland and Wolff, taken in March 1912.
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said: “I think this is probably one of the richest auctions of Titanic memorabilia ever held. There are some beautiful items here.”
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