titanic auction £900k

[poncho]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/titanic-violin-may-fetch-world-record-price-073028659.html#fVzc6vG

:shock: thats alot of mulan too fork out especially when theres doubt in the piece

 

[Michael Sith]

Saw it on the news...amazing price...but as you say without definite provenance bloody hell :?: :!:

Iconic and the holy grail though for Titanic collectors.

The bandleader in question, was from Colne, I was born there and there's a statue to him.

 

[Richard_H]

I believe it has been verified as much as it is possible to do so

 

[x-pack]

You mean being prized from the dead violinists hands? :wink:

Story sounds a bit far fetched to me. How could anyone ever be 100% sure? Lot of money to gamble

 

[Fitzy]

It's a shame he didn't play something bigger like a double bass - the case would have done nicely as a life raft.

 

[x-pack]

There would have been a bass player ..there was in the film :? He was probably ok

That was probably the saddest scene in the movie

 

[edd_jedi]

It just needs a Tom Derby COA, then it'd be worth double!

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

:lol:

 

[Dublinjeff]

Seeing items like that gives me goosebumps, its like being able to reach back in time and touch history. Amazing piece in fairness, I reckon its provenance has been proved as far as possible for something like this.