Rare Titanic Deck Chair Fetches $149,000 At Auction

Nantucket Titanic Deck Chair Photo: Henry Aldridge & Son
Nantucket Titanic Deck Chair
Photo: Henry Aldridge & Son

A rare Titanic deck chair was recently auctioned by Henry Aldridge & Son for the princely sum of £100,000, The chair was one of six or seven that were found in the Atlantic by ships sent out to retrieve bodies from Titanic. This particular one originally belonged to Captain Julien Lemarteleur. Due to its fragility, the anonymous seller kept it as a display piece in a large window with a sea view.

The name of the buyer was not released but was from the U.K.

Source:Titanic chair sells for £100k (18 April 2015, Daily Mail)