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| Titanic Bow Showing Newly Missing Rail Part. Source:CNN Report |
RMS Titanic, Inc. is an affiliate of Experiential Media Group ‘EMG’, LLC. The Company was granted salvage rights to the wreck of the RMS Titanic by a United States Federal Court order in 1994 and reconfirmed again in 1996. The court award includes the exclusive rights to recover the artifacts from the wreck site. Using Titanic’s artifacts in concert with scientific data and social history, RMS Titanic, Inc. brings to life TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition. Source: About Us - RMS Titanic - Discover Titanic
The latest expedition by RMS Titanic Inc., an American company with salvage rights to the wreck, has revealed that a section of the previously intact railing around the front of the ship’s upper deck has fallen off. The 15-foot-long section now lies on the sea floor, directly below where it once was.
“We are saddened by this loss and the inevitable decay of the Ship and the debris,” the company said in a statement on its website.
The latest expedition by RMS Titanic Inc., an American company with salvage rights to the wreck, has revealed that a section of the previously intact railing around the front of the ship’s upper deck has fallen off. The 15-foot-long section now lies on the sea floor, directly below where it once was.
“We are saddened by this loss and the inevitable decay of the Ship and the debris,” the company said in a statement on its website.
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A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, sold for a record-breaking £1.175 million ($1.485 million) at auction on Saturday.
The timepiece sold for ten times its expected auction price of between £100,000 and £150,000.
Its high selling point has set a “new world record for Titanic memorabilia,” Andrew Aldridge, the managing director of auction house Henry Aldridge and Son, told CNN on Sunday...
Titanic: New photos show major decay to legendary wreck | CNN
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| Gold Watch of Titanic Passenger Recovered and Sold. |
A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, sold for a record-breaking £1.175 million ($1.485 million) at auction on Saturday.
The timepiece sold for ten times its expected auction price of between £100,000 and £150,000.
Its high selling point has set a “new world record for Titanic memorabilia,” Andrew Aldridge, the managing director of auction house Henry Aldridge and Son, told CNN on Sunday...
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"Even before the conservation work we could see it was something really exciting as despite more than a thousand years in the ground we could see glints of the possible garnet setting," he said.
"There are very few Pictish rings which have ever been discovered and those we do know about usually come from hoards which were placed in the ground deliberately for safekeeping in some way. We certainly weren't expecting to find something like this lying around the floor of what was once a house but that had appeared of low significance so, in typical fashion, we had left work on it until the final day of the dig."
Gold watch worn by richest passenger aboard Titanic sells for record-breaking $1.5 million | CNN
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"Even before the conservation work we could see it was something really exciting as despite more than a thousand years in the ground we could see glints of the possible garnet setting," he said.
"There are very few Pictish rings which have ever been discovered and those we do know about usually come from hoards which were placed in the ground deliberately for safekeeping in some way. We certainly weren't expecting to find something like this lying around the floor of what was once a house but that had appeared of low significance so, in typical fashion, we had left work on it until the final day of the dig."
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'Truly Remarkable' Early Medieval Ring With Intricate Design Discovered - Newsweek
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov |
Despite the appearance of the map, chances of tropical development in the Atlantic is decreasing. See Chances decrease for tropical development in the Atlantic basin | Watch (msn.com)
The surf is increasing a touch typical of this time of year.
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