Life jacket worn by Titanic passenger who survived auctioned for $900,000
Summary
A life jacket worn by Titanic passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli sold at auction for $906,000. The jacket is signed by her and other survivors from the same lifeboat and is one of very few surviving life jackets from the Titanic disaster.Key Facts
- The life jacket belonged to Laura Mabel Francatelli, a first-class passenger on the Titanic.
- It was sold by Henry Aldridge & Son auctioneers in western England to an anonymous telephone bidder.
- The jacket is made of canvas with cork-filled sections and has been shown in museums in the US and Europe.
- Only a few life jackets worn by Titanic survivors still exist today, most are kept in museums.
- A seat cushion from a Titanic lifeboat sold at the same auction for $527,000 to two Titanic museums in Tennessee and Missouri.
- The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg on its first trip from England to New York.
- Around 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died in the disaster.
- In 2025, a gold pocket watch related to Titanic passenger Isidor Straus sold for over $2 million.
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