Responsible Bidders Sought for Titanic Auction
The New York auction house Guernseys explained on Thursday that all bidders in its planned winner-take-all auction of more than 5,500 artifacts salvaged from the wreckage of the Titanic must agree to abide by 19 pages worth of court-ordered covenants and commitments governing the collection. The court has final approval and the right to make sure the buyer has the capability and the desire, said Arlan Ettinger, president of Guernseys. Its like getting a puppy, he added. It takes a great deal of care.. The New York auction house Guernseys explained on Thursday that all bidders in its planned winner-take-all auction of more than 5,500 artifacts salvaged from the wreckage of the Titanic must agree to abide by 19 pages worth of court-ordered covenants and commitments governing the collection.
Where Trip Began, Remembering Titanic’s Lost
A hundred years after the ship left Southampton, the port city marked the anniversary of the epic disaster with a recording of the ship’s whistle.. Large crowds gather along the docks of Southampton, England, to commemorate the centennial of the Titanics maiden voyage; many among the crowd are relatives of of the ships 685 crew members who hailed from Southampton.
Huge Trove of Titanic Artifacts to Be Auctioned
Thousands of artifacts salvaged from the Titanics watery tomb in the North Atlantic will be sold in a winner-take-all auction scheduled for April, the centennial of the luxury liners sinking, The Associated Press reported.. Some 5,500 objects from the doomed ship will be offered in one lot on April 1.
TITANIC Entitlement Reform | Speaker.gov
Something big happened recently. You might even say it was something titanic. Republicans and Democrats actually came together to pass meaningful entitlement reform without raising taxes. Put plainly, it is the single��.
Titanic Struggle Recap: Disco Inferno | Redleg Nation
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A Village Embraces Its Haunted Legacy
Dozens of descendants of the Titanic passengers are seizing their Titanic history as an economic lifeline that might help hold on to the younger generation.
Unsinkable collectible: Wooden chair from Titanics first class deck to go up.
A wooden deckchair from the doomed Titanic cruise ship is set to go under the hammer. The Nantucket recliner was on the first class deck of the ill-fated vessel when it sank in 1912 and is too delicate to sit on. But its still expected to fetch an.
TITANIC crewmans tragic last letter to wife and unborn child up
Have you ever wanted to own a rare piece of Titanic and Belfast history? Photo by: RR Auction. A rare handwritten letter from a Titanic crewman to his wife and children written just before the ships fateful maiden, and only,��.
On the Titanic, Defined by What They Wore
The realities of the Titanic become available to interpretation a century later, just as with the sale this week of the hats, vests, and other items salvaged from the wreckage come into wider view.. More than 5,000 artifacts recovered from the Titanic are sold in a single-lot auction by Premier Exhibition; most notable items are articles of clothing that tell the story of lives lost a century ago.
The 10 Dumbest Things about TITANIC - CollegeHumor Post
Its got the most Academy Award nominations of all time and made more money than a Saudi Arabian oil tycoon moonlighting as a cocaine and ammunitions. View The 10 Dumbest Things about Titanic and more funny��.
17 Mass. residents perished in TITANIC disaster, 103 years ago today
More than 100 years ago on Tuesday, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the frigid Atlantic Ocean and began sinking, in a shocking international drama that claimed the lives of 17 Massachusetts residents. Twenty-eight people from the Commonwealth were .
TITANIC Centennial: Salvage and Memories
Artifacts of the Titanic are being offered in advance of the 2012 centennial of the ship’s sinking.
Star Jeremy Sisto Was Heartbroken To Lose Titanic
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet became global sensations after starring in James Camerons Titanic, but it almost didnt happen that way. Jeremy Sisto, who you may remember as Elton from Clueless and Det.
Campaign starts for priest who prayed with TITANIC.
Fr Thomas Byles is said to have twice refused a seat on a lifeboat as the Titanic went down. A campaign has been launched for the canonisation of the priest who stayed on board the Titanic as it sank in order to pray with his��.
Titanic - Facts and Summary - HISTORY.com
A century has sailed by since the luxury steamship RMS Titanic met its catastrophic end in the North Atlantic, plunging two miles to the ocean floor after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage. Rather than the intended Port of New��.
Plans for a Replica of TITANIC Floated in China
. The Titanic replica will be a tourist attraction moored at a riverbank and include features that recreate the experience of the ocean liner’s hitting an iceberg.
TITANIC family had ties to the Lehigh Valley | Historys.
Everyone who has seen the movie ���Titanic��� undoubtedly remembers at least two things from the film besides the sinking: the steamy love duo in the luxury car between Jack and Kate, and the villainous Cal Hockley, as played��.
Boggs: Music And The TITANIC
It was on this date, just before midnight in 1912 that the ocean liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City with more than 2,000 people aboard, struck an iceberg. Two hours and forty minutes later, in the early.
Titanics secret saviour: The extraordinary story of the Countess of Rothes.
No��l boarded Titanic with her parents, Thomas and Clementina Dyer-Edwardes, her husbands cousin Gladys Cherry and her maid Roberta Maioni. Her parents disembarked at Cherbourg on the evening of 10 April. If they hadnt, her father would surely have .
Rare Titanic photo among Antiques Roadshow finds in Birmingham
As a little girl, Julie Williams would listen with excitement as her great-uncle Albert Caldwell told her the story about how he survived the sinking of the Titanic. It wasnt until her Uncle Al died, though, that Williams discovered he had a rare.
Lego Titanic could be one of the biggest kits ever
One of the biggest and most ambitious projects ever to hit the Ideas platform, which sees users submit their own kit concepts for voter approval, the Titanic is the work of designer Ssorg. Its his second success too, following his Douglas DC-3 model.
Virginia: Ruling Favors TITANIC Salvage Company
The company with exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic is entitled to full compensation for artifacts worth about $110 million that it has recovered in its expeditions.
Lehigh Valley food events include Titanic Weekend, Cheesecake and Wine for a.
1 The Weaversville Inn in Northampton again holds its Titanic Weekend, starting at 6 p.m. Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18. Its the fifth year for the popular event. Actors will portray characters from the doomed ship and will be seated at your.
TITANIC deckchair from first-class deck up for auction
. chair was on the first-class promenade deck of the liner when it sank in 1912. The chair, which is too delicate to sit on but which has been carefully preserved, was picked up by the crew of one of the rescue boats sent to the scene after the.
For $115K, You Can Literally Rearrange Deck Chairs from.
That is to say, you can rearrange deck chair (singular) from the Titanic���a single wooden deck chair from the fateful voyage is set to be auctioned off, and is.
Chicago Links to the Titanic - Annie Kate Kelly - ChicagoNow
Annie Kate Kelly a.k.a. Sister Patrick Joseph was a young survivor of the Titanic disaster and one of 14 passengers from Addergoole, Ireland.
This Lego TITANIC could be one of the biggest kits ever.
A ridiculously detailed Lego recreation of the RMS Titanic has successfully gained enough support on Lego Ideas to be considered for production.
About Those Lifeboats.
Criterion is rereleasing “A Night to Remember,” Roy Ward Baker’s sober movie about the Titanic disaster, in time for the 100th anniversary of the sinking.
Indignant letter from aristocratic Titanic survivor sells for.
RR Auction, which regularly handles Titanic memorabilia, had expected the letter to fetch as much as $6,000 at Thursdays live auction in Boston, which followed a week of online bidding. ���We remain fascinated by the Titanic��.
Titanic tour set for Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Back in Dutchess County prior to the tragedy, Staatsburg resident Ogden Mills and his wife, Ruth Livingston Mills, were likely waiting with great anticipation for the arrival of the Titanic. Ogden and Ruth Livingston Mills had booked passage on the.
Visiting the TITANIC
Footage shot by Rob Goldsmith in July 2005 for the History Channel. (Courtesy of The History Channel, UK © Copyright 2011)
Coincidence? Building that went up in flames shares links with sinking of Titanic
Firefighters continue to work on putting out spots after an all-night blaze consumed the building that Oliver Racing Party once occupied near intersection of Cedar Street and Clancy Ave. NE in Grand Rapids on Monday, April 13, 2015. (Emily Rose Bennett .
SERVED 50 YEARS IN 7TH REGIMENT; Governor Makes Private Billy Morgan a Lieutenant on Anniversary. COMRADES GIVE A DINNER Hundreds Bear Touching Testimony of Veterans Character as a Soldier and a Man.
The honor of serving fifty years as a private in one National Guard regiment belongs to William M. Morgan of Company H of the Seventh. At the conclusion of a testimonial dinner by his comrades at the New York Athletic Club last night Billy Morgan ceased to be a private.. Gov. Glynn makes him a Lieut. after fifty years service as private in National Guard
WHITE STAR PROFITS CUT TO 30 PER CENT.; Effect of TITANIC Disaster on the Companys Dividend a Reduction by Half.
LONDON, May 13. -- Covering as it does the year of the Titanic disaster, the annual report of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, which owns the White Star Line, shows that its operations have been seriously affected by abnormal conditions.. profits cut by Titanic disaster, and other causes
Priest who died on the Titanic could be on path to sainthood.
When the Titanic began to sink on April 15, 1912, Father Thomas Byles had two opportunities to board a lifeboat. But he forewent those opportunities, according to passengers aboard the sinking ocean liner, in order to hear��.
SAYS ITS ASTOR MESSAGE.; Tramp Steamer Captain Finds Board Floating Near TITANICs Grave.
. Message on board from J. J. Astor found by Capt. J. Willis
Faithful Call for Titanic Priest to Be Canonized | ZENIT - The.
Termed the Titanic priest, Father Thomas Byles--who rather than save his life stayed on the sinking ship to pray with passengers--could be made saint..
Yes, He Discovered the TITANIC. No, He Doesnt Want to Talk About It.
Robert Ballard has made quite a few notable discoveries in deep waters around the world in the last 27 years. But most people still want to hear him use the T-word.. Robert Ballard is famous around the globe as the man who found the wreckage of the Titanic, but now he has grown weary of having to always talk about it.
From Titanic to Apple TV, the moments PREDICTED decades before they occurred
In 1898, American writer Morgan Robertson penned a novella about the largest ever ocean liner hitting an iceberg and sinking to the bottom of the North Atlantic ocean. This was 14 years before Titanic met an uncannily similar fate. And in 1987 a film.
At Sea a Century Ago
We may not know everything that happened that fateful night on April 15, 1912, but the ambition and folly of the Titanic’s maiden voyage are still with us.. Editorial reflects on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912; concludes that while people today may not know everything that happened on that fateful night, the ambition and folly of the ships maiden voyage still resonate.
20 Lifeboats, Each a Poetic Story
. The anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is recognized by a City Room commenter with an original long-form haiku.
TITANIC priest should be made a saint
In a letter he wrote whilst on board Byles observed: The tender is a good sized boat of 1260 tons, but by the side of Titanic she looks as though with a good crane we could lift her out of the water and lay her on the deck without feeling any.
The Weak Link of the TITANIC
Even before the Titanic was launched, the shipbuilder was worried about the rivets holding it together.
100 Years at Sea
Two books explore the doomed maiden voyage of the Titanic.. Holly Morris reviews books Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanics First-Class Passengers and Their World by Hugh Brewster and Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those who Survived by Andrew Wilson.
Jeremy Sisto Was Heartbroken After Losing TITANIC Role.
Clueless star Jeremy Sisto almost became the Jack to Kate Winslets Rose and was heartbroken when he didnt get the part. In an interview with The Huffington Post, the actor discussed his audition for the character of Jack��.
Titanic: 103 years later, Passenger Stories Continue to Haunt Us
The sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912 was a defining event of the first half of the 20th century, and the nearly 1,500 souls that were lost continues to fascinate us. The 2012 centennial anniversary brought renewed interest worldwide; the.
Titanic exhibit headed to Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - An exhibit of relics salvaged from the Titanic is headed to Peorias Riverfront Museum. Museum officials announced they have secured a contract with Premier Exhibitions, Inc., to bring the show to central Illinois next year. A.
DEAD OF THE TITANIC HONORED IN CHURCH; Pastor of St. Thomass Says Lessons Their Heroism Taught Prove They Did Not Die in Vain.
More than 500 men and women, many of them survivors of the Titanic disaster or relatives of those who perished when the great ship sank, attended a memorial service at St. Thomass Church, at Fifth Avenue and Fifty-third Street, yesterday afternoon. The rector, the Rev. Dr. Ernest M. Stires, preached, and the music was supplied by the vested choir of the church.. Memorial service held in St. Thomass Church; sermon by Dr. Ernest M. Stires; many survivors present
The Flare Path: A TITANIC Task | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
When it comes to monumental transatlantic ambition, no-one takes the biscotto like Gianni Caproni takes the biscotto. No-one, that is, except Four Funnels Entertainment, the Titanic obsessives from the US who want to use a��.
Why Is The TITANIC Like Ferguson, Missouri?
This is the Titanic Moment - the moment at which we will all suddenly have an expectation that anything any cop does anywhere will be available for the world to see. And, as soon as police departments start making all their cops wear body cams (which.
Milton S. Hershey almost sailed on the TITANIC
That is likely why he purchased a ticket for $300 to sail on the Titanic, which left on its maiden voyage with 2,224 passengers and crew from Southampton, UK, on April 10, 1912. Whitenack said Milton Hershey and his wife, Catherine, were spending the.
Experts Split on Possibility of Remains at TITANIC Site
A federal ocean agency released an image that it says suggests that corpses are at the wreckage site, which officials are seeking to protect from salvagers.. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases an image that it says suggests that undiscovered corpses remain at the Titanic wreckage site; federal officials, who have long struggled to assert protective authority over the ships resting place, say the site is a burial ground and thus should be accorded the respect of such and shielded from looters and artifact hunters; bold federal assertions are dividing Titanic experts, as most experienced divers say they doubt that bodies lie intact within unexplored compartments of the ship.