Overview
- The signed life jacket, sold Saturday in Devizes by Henry Aldridge & Son, fetched £670,000 including fees and went to an unidentified telephone bidder according to the Associated Press.
- The vest belonged to first-class passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli and bears signatures from fellow occupants of Lifeboat No. 1, a boat later criticized for leaving with 12 of 40 seats filled.
- A canvas seat cushion from a Titanic lifeboat sold for £390,000 to the owners of the Titanic Museum Attraction, who plan to display it in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and Branson, Missouri.
- An 18-carat gold pocket watch recovered from victim Frederick Sutton brought about £180,000 as part of a 344-lot sale that drew global bidding.
- Some outlets credit the life jacket purchase to the Titanic Museum group while AP and others cite an unnamed phone buyer, highlighting early post-auction uncertainty over buyer identity.