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