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Titanic violin set to fetch record price
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Posted on 10/19/2013 7:31:13 AM PDT by nuconvert
The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic as it sank beneath the waves is expected to fetch a world record fee for memorabilia from the doomed liner when it goes on sale on Saturday.
The instrument belonging to Wallace Hartley was found strapped to his body after he drowned with his seven bandmates and some 1,500 others on board the supposedly unsinkable ship in 1912.
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TOPICS: History; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: 1912; bandmaster; titanic; titanicviolin; violin; wallacehartley
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To: nuconvert; a fool in paradise
Attention shoppers: Wet violin sale on Isle 1912.
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10/19/2013 3:53:11 PM PDT
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Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: nuconvert
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10/19/2013 3:55:08 PM PDT
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Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Revolting cat!
That violin really IS titanic!
To: nuconvert
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10/19/2013 4:59:21 PM PDT
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OldNewYork
(Biden '13. Impeach now.)
To: OrangeHoof
I’ve seen it. It has an inscription noting that it was given to Wallace Hartley by his fiancee.
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04/14/2016 2:47:54 PM PDT
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Campion
(Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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