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    Titanic violin auctions for $1.6 million

    Found this to be interesting


    Titanic Violin Sells for Over $1.6M at Auction

    LONDON October 19, 2013 (AP)
    By RAPHAEL SATTER Associated Press


    A violin believed to have been played on the Titanic before the doomed vessel sank was auctioned for more than 1 million pounds ($1.6 million) Saturday, a fantastic figure which one collector said may never be beaten.

    The sea-corroded instrument, now unplayable, is thought to have belonged to bandmaster Wallace Hartley, who was among the disaster's more than 1,500 victims.

    The story of Hartley's band, which stoically continued playing on the ship's deck until the disaster's final hour, is a memorable part of James Cameron's "Titanic," when Hartley and his colleagues are seen playing "Nearer, My God, To Thee" as the passengers around them scream and drown in the icy water.


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    I was reading about that yesterday. The story was very interesting. I'm glad that it was preserved for someone that really wanted a piece of history. Big Money $$$


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