Titanic artifacts up for auction

A third-class tea cup china used by the passengers and crew is shown as part of the Titanic artifacts collection at a warehouse in Atlanta in this Aug. 15, 2008 file photo. The owner of the largest trove of artifacts salvaged from the Titanic is putting the vast collection up for auction as a single lot in 2012, near the 100th anniversary of the world's most famous shipwreck. The auction is scheduled for April 11 by Guernsey's, a New York City auction house, according to filings by Premier Exhibitions Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Credit: File, AP Photo/Stanley Leary