The item is believed to be one of only a handful of Titanic life jackets still in existence, the auction house said.
The artifact belonged to first-class passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli, a secretary heading to Chicago with her employer. It's the only life vest connected to a survivor of the 1912 shipwreck to ever ...
Beginning next week, visitors will be able to step on the famous ship through a digitally recreated experience.
The last time a sale was proposed, the idea drew objections from the U.S. and French governments, and from UNESCO and other ...
It is the only life jacket from the Titanic to be sold at auction in 114 years.
A life jacket worn by Titanic survivor Laura Mabel Francatelli sold for roughly $906,000 at auction, far exceeding its pre-sale estimate of $475,000.
This Wednesday will mark the 114th anniversary of a legendary maritime tragedy. At 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, the British ocean liner RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic at a speed ...
CALM BEFORE THE STORM: A VR tour at OMSI’s TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition shows the RMS Titanic stopped in Cherbourg, France. (Courtesy of OMSI) The Celine Dion song plays zero times. Leonardo ...
April marks the anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic. When it was launched in 1911, more than 100 years ago, it was the world's biggest and most luxurious ship. The construction of the huge liner ...