The violin in the Titanic movie sold for 26 million forints
The violin sold for about £ 54,000, or about 26 million forints Titanic in 1997 organized by James Cameron was one of the most memorable supplies of the film, The Guardian.
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On the instrument in the 11 Oscar-winning disaster film Jonathan Evans-Jones It was played by an actor and violinist, who formed the tragic band leader Wallace Hartley. The violin appears in several scenes In Titanicincluding the shocking moment when the band plays the anthem of the Nearer, My God, to thee to reassure passengers in the final hours of the ship.
Wallace Henry Hartley English musician was also a band leader in the Titanic journey under the leadership of the eight-member band, but eventually he was one of the 1,500 people who lost their lives when the ship sank on April 15, 1912. Neither he nor the rest of the band survived the disaster.
Others also found a owner
The violin in the film is evans-Jones He sold it to a private collector in 2013who is now auctioned at the British Henry Aldridge & Son auction house.
At the auction not only the instrument was bought, but also a letter under a hammer, which Archibald Gracie colonel, one of the best -known survivors of Titanic and a rare Titanic list and check card. The letter sold for £ 300,000, or nearly £ 143 million.
