No one aboard the Titanic took a photograph of the iceberg that sank the famous ship in 1912, but two sailors made sketches of the berg, which had a distinctly elliptical shape. It so happens that two days before, what appears to be the same iceberg was photographed by Captain W.F. Wood of S.S. Etonian as they, unlike the Titanic, passed the berg without hitting it. That photograph is coming up for auction, along with 400 articles of Titanic memorabilia by RR Auction. Bidding opens Dec. 13. The photo of the iceberg is expected to go for $8,000 to $10,000. Thanks to Dave Shirlaw on the Marine History list for pointing it out.
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Disgusting. As time after the event passes there is less and less thought as to the victims of the sinking, more and more efforts to profit from it. One hopes that since history has a way of repeating itself there is not another sinking of a passenger vessel in the Atlantic. The present cruise ships which make crossings once or twice a year now carry 5000 persons on board.
Good Watch.