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Titanic Passenger's Life Jacket Sells for £670,000 at Auction
Signed by fellow lifeboat survivors, the rare artifact fetched far above estimates as Titanic memorabilia continues to draw strong collector demand.
- On Saturday, a life jacket worn by Titanic survivor Laura Mabel Francatelli sold at auction for £670,000 , bearing signatures of eight fellow lifeboat survivors.
- Francatelli boarded Lifeboat 1 with 12 people despite its 40-person capacity, and the vessel's failure to return for survivors in frigid water became a source of controversy.
- A seat cushion from a Titanic lifeboat sold at the same auction for £390,000 to the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and Branson, Missouri.
- Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the "record-breaking prices illustrate the continuing interest in the Titanic story, and the respect for the passengers and crew" immortalized by these items.
- Since March 2025, the Titanic Museum Attraction has displayed five of the 14 known surviving life jackets, while the ship's sinking on April 15, 1912, claimed 1,500 lives.
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This collection coin signed by many survivors left for almost 800,000 euros.
·Paris, France
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Awarded nearly €770,000, a lifejacket belonging to a survivor of the Titanic shipwreck was auctioned in the United Kingdom.
An object that survived one of the most shocking tragedies of the 20th century again captures world attention.
The special piece was worn by Laura Mabel Francatelli, a first-class passenger, on April 14, 1912, when the ship struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. She was among about 700 survivors who managed to get into a lifeboat.
·Budapest, Hungary
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