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December 20, 2025
Life ring and piece from Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck sell at auction for $150,000
A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the Edmund Fitzgerald were sold at auction Friday for $150,000, a month after the 50th anniversary of the famous ship's sinking in Lake Superior with 29 men aboard.
TL;DR
- A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the Edmund Fitzgerald sold for $150,000.
- The ship sank in Lake Superior 50 years ago with 29 men aboard.
- The relics were discovered by a carpenter in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in 1975.
- Longtime owner Larry Orr sold the artifacts due to financial needs.
- The sale was handled by DuMouchelles auction house in Detroit.
- Gordon Lightfoot memorialized the ship in his 1976 ballad.
- Orr had previously agreed to give the artifacts to the state of Michigan as part of a settlement but they were returned.
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