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BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Titanic shoe box treasures for sale:

“Among Lillian Asplund’s shoe box treasures was one of the last four remaining tickets for the Titanic’s doomed maiden voyage.”

It was the key to the binoculars store, but it wasn’t handed in when an officer left the ship prior to it’s departure. So the lookouts had to rely on the naked eye instead. (see also podcast #3.)

Titanic key is sold for £90,000:

“A tiny key that might have helped prevent the Belfast-built Titanic sinking has fetched £90,000 at auction”