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Titanic survivor's ticket sold
20/04/2008 11:24 - (SA)
London - A Titanic survivor's ticket for the ill-fated voyage sold to a collector from the United States at a British auction on Saturday.
The ticket, which belonged to the last American survivor of the disaster, Lillian Asplund, sold for £33 000, auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said.
Asplund died in 2006 at the age of 99.
She was 5 years old when the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank during its maiden voyage from England to New York.
Her father and three siblings were among the 1 500 people who died.
Other items from Asplund's collection which sold were a pocket watch that reportedly stopped at the exact moment the ship sank in April 1912.
It was bought by a Swedish collector for £31 000, Aldridge said.
The auctioneer said he could not disclose any further details about those who purchased the items.
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