They auctioned a bottle of brandy from a Titanic passenger for $ 98,000

After being stored for 107 years, a bottle of brandy from a Titanic pbadenger was auctioned this weekend in the UK. for 98 thousand dollars. Her owner, Helen Churchill Candee, gave it to a friend who was traveling with her first clbad. "You have more chances of survival than me," he said.

However, destiny has marked another end. The man who received the gift, Edward Kent, died after the sinking of the ship and his belongings were returned to his wife.

"The ball is in very bad shape"wrote the widow to Candee, writer and pioneer of women's rights, who returned to the United States after the sinking.

Once the balloon was returned to its original owner, it remained in that family until 2005, when it was sold to UK-based Henry Aldridge & Son, considered an authority to foreground in everything related to the history and objects recovered from Titanic

This year was again auctioned and this time for $ 98,000. The sale, titled "Titanic, White Star, liner and travel souvenirs", included 270 more items.

Another item sold that caught the eye was a bronze plate of the lifeboat, bought in the 1960s by a New York antique dealer to an old woman alleged to be Margaret Devaney, a survivor who traveled to third clbad. At auction, it reached a value of $ 59,000.