The interest in the Titanic never seems to die.
By Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (57314)
April 19, 2026 12:09am CST
I admit it, I have read several books on the Titanic, the initial impression it made on the world, and the fascination. It's not like most of us will ever be on a ship anything like it was back then. And of course, we've all seen the Titanic movie, I think.
An auction took place and a life vest worn by a first-class passenger was signed by other survivors and sold for approximately $900K in American money. A seat cushion from one of the lifeboats was also auctioned off for approximately $527K.
The highest price ever paid for any item from the Titanic was in 2024, for a gold pocket watch given to the captain of the Carpathia, the ship that showed up and rescued 705 people. It brought about $2 million.
Am I the only one that thinks that this is...well, kind of unsettling? I'm not saying that the all the stories about the people who died or survived aren't important, but...would you want something from the Titanic hanging on your living room wall? I know I would always associate it with all the lives that were lost.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/life-jacket-titanic-auctioned-rcna340813
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@JudyEv (377943)
• Rockingham, Australia
15h
@MarieCoyle I can't really think of any deceased person's relics that I would want.
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@wolfgirl569 (133108)
• Marion, Ohio
9h
I understand those pieces being in a museum but I wouldn't want one
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@MarieCoyle (57314)
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@jstory07
Yes, they will. I do know that I wouldn't want those items in my home, either. I just think they belong in a memorial type of setting, like a museum. And yes, many, many more could have been saved if they had the proper number of lifeboats.
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@xFiacre (14572)
• Ireland
10h
@MarieCoyle @fleura Coming from Belfast where the Titanic was built, I’m fed up with it. Treating it as a money-making tourist attraction is a bit on the ghoulish side. It makes the whole thing sound like great fun, but there’s always people looking to make money off the back of other people’s suffering.
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@MarieCoyle (57314)
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Oh, thank you for this. This is how I feel as well. Making money from tragedies is just not what anyone should do, I am sure you have seen your share of it there.
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@Traceyjayne (10053)
• United Kingdom
2h
It is amazing that even today there is so much interest about it.
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@LooeyVille (74)
• United States
10h
I have done the Titanic Museum in Liverpool and also visited the Titanic gravesite in Canada (Halifax? Nova Scotia? I don't remember)
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@MarieCoyle (57314)
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I looked it up yesterday and there are a lot of Titanic museums, many here in the US. One in Pigeon Forge, TN. and one in Branson, MO as well.
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@snowy22315 (206227)
• United States
1h
It is kind of morbid,but fascinating nonetheless. I went to a Titanic exhibit in Baltimore one time at the science center. They had a number of artifacts from it
@RasmaSandra (96502)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1h
Nope, no souvenirs from the Titanic for me, And you got me curious about if any Latvian people were on the Titanic and this I found online,
Yes, Latvian passengers were among those who lost their lives on the Titanic. Two known Latvian-born passengers, Goldsmith and D. Livshin, were aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage. The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, resulting in a significant loss of life, with estimates suggesting that around 1,496 people perished in the disaster
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@Fleura (34588)
• United Kingdom
14h
I don't really understand the fascination either. Not sure whether it is the thought of all that lost glamour? I mean there have been plenty of other shipwrecks, and there are also plenty of other items from that period available.
I've never seen the film. It came out just after my then-boyfriend and I had split up after 12 years. I wasn't in the mood for a love story.
@Deepizzaguy (120318)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1h
I would not any item that was in the titanic ship due to the memories of the deceased in one of the tragic accidents of all tme.
@thedevilinme (5126)
• Northampton, England
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I think they were trying to break the speed record for crossing the Atlantic and that caused the problems and eventual impact
