A haul of 8,000 items from 150 shipwrecks is to be auctioned after the closure of a Cornish museum
They are some of the most evocative historic artefacts that fate ever consigned to the bottom of the sea. Now, coal from the Titanic, a piece of rope from the Mary Rose and musket flints from the shipwreck that inspired William Wordsworth to write one of his greatest works are to be sold at a very rare auction.
The artefacts are among the 8,000 objects salvaged from 150 wrecks that will go under the hammer for the first time next month.
Continue reading… A haul of 8,000 items from 150 shipwrecks is to be auctioned after the closure of a Cornish museumThey are some of the most evocative historic artefacts that fate ever consigned to the bottom of the sea. Now, coal from the Titanic, a piece of rope from the Mary Rose and musket flints from the shipwreck that inspired William Wordsworth to write one of his greatest works are to be sold at a very rare auction.The artefacts are among the 8,000 objects salvaged from 150 wrecks that will go under the hammer for the first time next month. Continue reading… Museums, Culture, The Titanic, Collecting, UK news, Life and style
