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Auction record: 'Titanic violin' fetches £900,000

2013-10-19T00:00:00Z

The violin thought to have belonged to Wallace Hartley, the bandmaster of the group of players who famously played on as the lifeboats of RMS Titanic were being lowered into the sea, has sold at auction in Wiltshire for £900,000.The sale sets a new world record for the highest price ...

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From the archive: a tribute to the band of the Titanic

2013-09-30T00:00:00Z

This notice from The Strad, May 1912, salutes the eight musicians who famously continued playing as the lifeboats of the Titanic were lowered