Titanic: Plan used in ship sinking inquiry sells at auction
A huge plan of the Titanic used during a 1912 inquiry into the ship's sinking has sold at auction for US$243,000.
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A huge plan of the Titanic used during a 1912 inquiry into the ship's sinking has sold at auction for US$243,000.
The auctioneer says the prices reflect the rarity and "enduring appeal of the Titanic story".
A huge plan of the Titanic used during a 1912 inquiry into the ship's sinking has sold at auction for £195,000 ($243,000).
The 33-foot long map, prepared by the White Star Line's Naval Architects Department, still has the red and green chalk marks that showed where the fateful iceberg broke through five of the massive ship's water-tight bulkheads, according to CNN.
A piece of Titanic memorabilia used in the 1912 inquiry over the ship's sinking sold for $243,000, the Henry Aldridge and Son Ltd auction house announced