More Than $1.7 Million A Titanic's Violin Sell At Auction

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A violin that was played by a musician on the Titanic as the ship sank in 1912 has been sold at auction for more than $1.7 million, more than triple expectations.

The instrument sold at a Saturday auction in Britain for  £1.1 million, or about $1.7 million.

It had been estimated that the selling price would be between  £200,000 and  £300,000.

Henry Aldridge and Son, the British auction house that specializes in Titanic-related memorabilia and that held the auction, said the instrument was discovered in 2006, and was played by second-class passenger Wallace Hartley, who was one of hundreds who perished on the tragic night of April 14, 1912.

source: CNN.com