Auctioning the Titanic ?

[Shipwreckscanada]

How do you feel about the auctioning of the Titanic artifacts ?

Titanic auction: Pictures of artefacts from among 5,000 shipwreck items set to be sold off - mirror.co.uk

 

[D_B]

Robert Ballard was appalled at the idea and I think rightly so (just finished re-reading "Explorations" so that is coloring my view)


but .... then I think, what of the other wrecks that have involved loss of life, what makes the Titanic any different than those others that we have admired the recovered, sometimes sold, artifacts?


I feel it somehow is , why? I think not logic, just emotionally

 

[Bob DBF]

Sounds like they are selling it as a collection rather than parting it out, my bold emphasis in the quote.

On April 11, all of the salvaged items are to be sold as one lot in what Guernsey's President Arlan Ettinger describes as the most significant auction ever handled by that house.

This may mean that the artifacts would continue in a museum setting rather than a bit on someones mantle. Time will always tell.

On the overall question, if someone ownes property they should be able to sell it.



Bob
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I may be old, but I’m not dead yet.

 

[Garrobo]

Oh. I thought you meant the ship itself. I was ready to bid a dollar. An example of British engineering you know.

 

[gcarter]

Much ado about nothing.

It is simply a collection of "things". Although they may be considered historically significant, those who attach a sacredness to these "things" are, IMHO, quite balmy.

The court order requiring the group of "things" be kept intact is equally balmy.

 

[Scuba_Noob]

If the artefacts are in a museum for all to view (versus at the bottom of the ocean for a select few), then I think it's a positive move that doesn't dishonor the memory of the dead. Because they are being sold as a collection, it seems as if that may be likely.

 

[FuzzyNutz]

Hopefully they'll go to a museum rather than a private collection. It was probably about 10 years ago when I went to see a Titanic exhibit at the Philadelphia museum and it was very cool. I definitely appreciated it, and due to it's historical significance, hopefully more generations will have the chance to experience it as well.

 

[Bob DBF]

The court order requiring the group of "things" be kept intact is equally balmy.

I was unaware of the court order. And balmy has the right tone to it.



Bob
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I may be old, but I’m not dead yet.

 

[gcarter]

I was unaware of the court order. And balmy has the right tone to it.



Bob
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I may be old, but I’m not dead yet.

From the article: "By court order, the items cannot be sold individually and must go to a buyer who agrees to properly maintain the collection and make it available for occasional public viewing. The sale is subject to court approval."