Titanic violin fetches £900k
A violin that the bandmaster is thought to have played as the Titanic sank has fetched £900,000 at auction in Wiltshire. It is more than four times the highest price previously paid for a piece of Titanic memorabilia.
Auctioneer: I don't think this price will ever be beaten
Alan Aldridge, of auction house Henry Aldridge and Son, has said he does not think any other piece of Titanic memorabilia will raise as much as the violin sold today:
He said that with the addition of the buyer's premium and VAT, the final price would top £1 million.
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