Titanic auction 101 years after sinking

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Auctioneer Alan Aldridge with bandleader Wallace Hartley's violin in front of an image of the ill-fated Titanic. Auction house Henry Aldridge & son of Devizes, England states it has gone to great lengths to prove the provenance of the violin, including that it had been immersed in sea water. Today is the 101st anniversary of the sinking of the ship. The violin and other Titanic-related items are to be auctioned this week. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Wallace Hartley's violin is displayed at auctioneers Henry Aldridge & son. The auction house has apparently spent seven years proving the violin genuinely belonged to Hartley, who with his orchestra famously played as the Titanic sank in April 1912, and died with so many others. Long thought to have been either lost at sea or stolen, it is being described as one the most important Titanic-related pieces that has ever come up for sale and is thought to be worth a six-figure sum. It is the property of an unidentified individual in Lancashire. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Mon Apr 15 2013 - 15:48

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