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TITANIC VIOLIN AUCTIONED OFF TODAY

                                      wallace hartley with violin
                                                   Wallace Hartley

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LONDON (AP) –  A violin believed to have played on the Titanic before the doomed vessel sank on April 15, 1912, was auctioned for more than $1.6 million Saturday, a fantastic figure which one collector said may never be beaten.

The sea-corroded instrument, now unplayable, is thought to have once belonged to
bandmaster Wallace Hartley who was among the disaster’s more than 1,500 victims. 

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Artists depiction of the sinking of the RMS Titanic

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Tim maguire    radio-microphone
        Tim Maguire

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THE ‘’BIG BLOW’’ OF 1962!

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The scoreboard at Gresham High School

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Tim maguire        on air shadow
       Tim Maguire

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     Ross Simpson

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