A rare and possibly unique ticket for the launch of Titanic in Belfast on May 31, 1911, is set to fetch between 50,000 and 70,000 dollars at an auction in America next month.
From a piece on the Daily Echo...
Gregg Dietrich, marine expert at Bonhams in New York, said: “Titanic launch tickets are rare, but the one we are selling is the rarest as it is the only fully intact ticket in existence.
“Only one or two other launch tickets have come up for sale, but they were not fully intact.’’ Around 100,000 people attended the launch of Titanic, but in a move away from tradition owners White Star Line and Belfast builders Harland & Wolff did not formally name or christen the liner and many now believe the break with tradition was the beginning of the end for the ill-fated luxury liner.
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