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Titanic items auction for more than $150K
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-02 10:38
Dozens of Titanic relics auctioned for more than $150,000 Sunday, including a
gold pocket watch owned by an Irish immigrant that stopped ticking the day of
the sinking when she was rescued in a lifeboat.
An 18-carat gold pocket watch, which belonged
to a Titanic passenger, Nora Keane, is seen at the Larz Anderson Auto
Museum in Brookline, Mass., Sunday, May 1, 2005, on top of a collection of
sheet music related to the Titanic. Both items will be auctioned off with
other rare Titanic relics at the Museum on Sunday. Keane was rescued in
lifeboat. Her pocket watch stopped ticking when it hit water. [AP]
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The watch, once owned by Nora Keane of County Limerick, Ireland, was sold for
$24,675, more than three times its estimated value, said Jon Baddeley, Bonhams
& Butterfields auction house's marine collectibles expert.
Keane, who had emigrated to Harrisburg, Pa., was returning to the United
States on the luxury liner's maiden voyage after a four-month visit to see her
mother. It was damaged by water as she was rescued in lifeboat No. 10.
"It's been stopped ever since," Baddeley said. "We had a lot of interest from
Ireland."
On the back of the watch was engraved the message: "To my dearest Nora, your
visit to County Limerick warmed my heart. God bless and be with you on your
return to Pennsylvania." It's signed: "Loving mother."
The Titanic sank in the North Atlantic on April 14 and 15, 1912, killing
about 1,500 people.
The top sale price at the auction was $44,650 for the only known example of a
3rd class menu postcard, dated April 14, 1912. The card has a picture of the
Titanic at the top, with the entire day's menu printed on it.
Baddeley said the items had belonged to a British private collector who
wished to remain anonymous.
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