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Life jacket worn by a passenger on Titanic who survived auctioned off for over $900,000
A life jacket worn by a passenger on RMS Titanic as she escaped the sinking steamship on a lifeboat sold at auction on Saturday for $906,000.
TL;DR
- A life jacket worn by a survivor of the RMS Titanic was auctioned for $906,000.
- The life jacket belonged to first-class passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli.
- A seat cushion from a Titanic lifeboat sold for $527,000 in the same auction.
- The auction prices highlight the ongoing global interest in the Titanic disaster.
- The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg, resulting in the deaths of approximately 1,500 passengers and crew.