68650841l Drawing of "Titanic" sold under the hammer
In the UK, at auction was sold to the drawing steamship "Titanic" were part of the materials of the investigation of collision with an iceberg the ship in 1912, according to The Irish Times. Drawing was bought by a private collector for 250,000 euros, which is almost twice the estimate. Meanwhile, earlier BBC News estimated it costs even higher than the amount paid for the lot – about 250 thousand pounds (about 290,000 euros). The auction was held in Wiltshire in England auction house Henry Aldridge and Son. Buyer's name is unknown. Drawing 10 x 1,5 meters was first shown to the public only in April 2011 at an exhibition in the Irish city of Dublin, on "Titanic." Drawing made with ink, it was created in 1912 during the reconstruction of the circumstances of the disaster, which resulted in the ship sank. Place of collision of the Titanic with the iceberg marked on the drawing. Consequence, for which need 10-foot drawing of the Titanic, has confirmed that the ship sank after hitting an iceberg, and not for any other reason. The Titanic sank April 15, 1912 during its maiden voyage from Europe to America. Of the 2,224 passengers managed to save only 711. At the time of construction of the Titanic was the largest passenger ship in the world.
