Titanic violin sold for £900,000

[Jimbuna]

Saw this on tv yesterday and an auctioneer said a violin of average quality and build like this would normally fetch a couple of hundred pounds at todays market values but because of the history attached to this piece it could fetch as much as £300,000....it was eventually sold for £900,000 :o


The violin that was apparently played to calm passengers on the Titanic as it sank was sold for £900,000 in just 10 minutes at auction in Wiltshire.
It was played by band leader Wallace Hartley, who died along with 1,517 others as the ship went down. It had a guide price of £300,000.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-24582739

[Wolferz]

Strikes me as grave robbery.:hmmm:

PS: If the ship line wanted reimbursement for tuxedos, they should have sent the bill to the captain.

[Feuer Frei!]

Oh well at least someone responds to the thread:shucks::shifty::/\\k:

One way to get your post count up...

Strikes me as grave robbery.:hmmm:

Considering it is alleged that the body of Hartley was found floating on the surface with the violin in a case, strapped to him, not at all.

PS: If the ship line wanted reimbursement for tuxedos, they should have sent the bill to the captain.Which would have been a waste of time.
Unless of course that is the point you are trying to make.

[Sailor Steve]

Nero's might fetch slightly more;:rotfl2:
Nero was a liar.

No, wait. I meant Nero's was a lyre. :O: