RMS Carpathia Salvage Personalizes Disaster
Salvaged porthole, recovered from the RMS Carpathia. Brass or bronze frame with hinged glass window, attached partial wooden substructure, marked “89” on hinge, 24 3/4 by 16 by 7 3/4 in., $16,250.
In 1918, the RMS Carpathia, the ship that six years earlier had rescued 700 Titanic survivors, was sunk by three German torpedoes. Collectors had a unique opportunity to own salvaged pieces of the ship and its contents in a recent sale at Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery in Atlanta. The items included parts of fixtures, […]