The particular object of a Titanic passenger who auctioned at $ 98,000

April 30, 2019

This element has the singularity of knowing exactly where it has been for 107 years.

It was auctioned this weekend in the United Kingdom nail bottle of cognac which was given to a pbadenger traveling first clbad in the Titanic by 98 thousand dollars.

Among many of the other "most famous shipwrecks in history", this object has a peculiarity. "We are able to tell exactly where he stood for 107 years and that is pretty remarkable," said the auctioneer. Andrew Aldridge.

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Helen Churchill Candee She was the owner of the bottle, which engraved the coat of arms of her family and a curious motto: "Faithful but unhappy".

When the sinking of Titanic, Churchill Candee he gave the pot to his friend and clbadmate, Edward Kentand said, "You are more likely to live than and". Kent He died and his belongings, including the bottle, were returned to his wife, who then returned the bottle to Candee, who finally survived.

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In dialogue with CNN, Aldridge he said how his grandfather Henry entered the auction world of Titanic. "He spoke with a client and it turned out that his father was the purchasing manager of White Star Line (the company owning Titanic) and that he had attended the launch of Titanic in May 1911" , did he declare.

This auction house now has two sales a year specializing in this wreck. The most valuable was the violin Wallace Hartley in 2013. This instrument is what the group would have played to try to calm the pbadengers when the ship sank. The figure was $ 1.4 million, including taxes.