Titanic Artifacts To Be Auctioned

Ticket And Pocket Watch Are Among Items That Belonged To Last American Survivor

(AP)  A collection of artifacts owned by a Titanic survivor - including a ticket for the ill-fated voyage - will be sold at a London auction later this month.

The collection also includes a pocket watch that reportedly stopped at the exact moment the ship sank in April 1912.

The items belonged to Lillian Asplund, the last American survivor of the disaster. She died in 2006 at the age of 99.

Asplund was 5 when the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank during its maiden voyage from England to New York. Her father and three siblings were among the 1,500 people who died in the disaster.

The collection will be sold on April 19 at Henry Aldridge and Sons in Devizes in western England. It's expected to fetch between $160,000 and $240,000.

[michellem99-2009]

They died for many reasons..very few life boats..the ship was bragged it could not sink..all lies..the poorest locked in the bottem. Men barred from boarding life boats .they shot men who tried, Ship command was poor in orders. SOS was nwe then. The radio men they are to blame. Steel was poor. The well to do..Money talks and bs walks as the saying goes. Had it been 1912 today just about all us would be bottom decks. Not on the 1st class. I would be with the very poor and that part of the ship doors locked so we stayed with our class that being 3ed and 2rd . The rich was not allowed to see poverty..It would ruin their fancy life style.. They that died paid with their lives. IT IS SACRED AS THEY DIED THERE, today sell things from them..Disgraceful..

[michellem99-2009]

This is greed. THOSE ITEMS SHOULD NEVER BE SOLD.

[hbevis]

YES INDEED YOU ARE 100% RIGHT. WHY DID I NOT PUT THAT IN MYSELF...:)

The steel was tested and basically it was very brittle, like cast-iron. You can actually break cast iron- like an old bath tub- if you hit it with a hammer it will crack and/or shatter in the impact area.
The fact the steel was also in very cold water also didn''''t help.

Posted by newsterl

[newsterl]

That''s right, the compartments had no ceiling, so when the water reached the top of the walls it spilled over like a bathtub overflows, that was a poor design.

The steel was tested and basically it was very brittle, like cast-iron. You can actually break cast iron- like an old bath tub- if you hit it with a hammer it will crack and/or shatter in the impact area.
The fact the steel was also in very cold water also didn''t help.

[eddaly1]

Cheap pig steal was the deciding factor that allowed what was thought to be impossible. Too bad they don''t have spell checkers on this site to prevent huge errors.

[hbevis]

I MESSED UP AND DID NOT PUT MY FULL STATEMENT ON THE FIRST POST.. SORRY

THIS SHIP SANK BECAUSE THE DESIGNERS SAW NO NEED TO PUT A WATERPROOF TOP ON THE COMPARTMENTS. AND A HUGH NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIED AS A RESULT. YOU NEED TO SEE THE TITANIC EXHIBIT TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE THING. MS. ASPLUND LIVED 99 YEARS. THAT IN ITSELF IS BIG NEWS BECAUSE FEW PEOPLE EVER LIVE TO THAT AGE. AND TO HAVE BEEN ON THE TITANIC AND SURVIVED IS BIG NEWS AS WELL
Posted by hbevis at 06:11 PM : Apr 02, 2008

[hbevis]

THIS SHIP SANK BECAUSE THE DESIGNERS SAW NO NEED TO PUT A WATERPROOF TOP ON THE COMPARTMENTS. AND A HUGH NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIED AS A RESULT. YOU NEED TO SEE THE TITANIC EXHIBIT TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE THING. MS. ASPLUND LIVED 99 YEARS. THAT IN ITSELF IS BIG NEWS BECAUSE FEW PEOPLE EVER LIVE TO THAT AGE. AND TO HAVE BEEN ON THE TITANIC