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AUCTION | WEIRD TASTES

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5+1 (really) strange things sold at auctions

How much would you pay to own a piece of history?
For some buyers, the answer is quite a lot! Whether
it’s an old piece of cake, someone else’s hair, or
even a tooth, here are some of the weirdest, most
wonderful things for which people have
paid dearly in auctions!
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Story by Rachel Chrysostom

THE VIOLIN THAT
PLAYED AS THE TITANIC SANK
A violin played by the Titanic’s
bandleader as the ship sank after
hitting an iceberg was sold at UK-
based Devizes auction house,
Henry Aldridge & Son, for a
whopping £900,000. According
to survivors, bandleader Wallace
Hartley and his band played
to calm passengers even as the
ship was sinking into the waves
beneath them. Hartley’s body
was reportedly pulled from the
water days later with his violin
case still strapped to his back.

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