Life jacket worn by a passenger who survived the Titanic auctioned off for over $900,000
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- A life jacket worn by Titanic passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli sold at auction for £670,000 ($906,000), far exceeding the presale estimate of £250,000-£350,000.
- The flotation device is signed by Francatelli and other survivors from the same lifeboat, making it a highly significant piece of Titanic memorabilia.
- A seat cushion from a Titanic lifeboat also sold for £390,000 ($527,000) to Titanic museum owners in Tennessee and Missouri.
- The auction highlights ongoing global fascination with the Titanic disaster and the diverse range of passengers aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912.
- Francatelli survived alongside fashion designer Lucy Duff Gordon and her husband in a lifeboat that controversially carried only 12 people despite a capacity of 40, sparking debate over rescue efforts.
