The leather case containing the violin played by the musician who played it while the Titanic sank is expected to be auctioned on April 27 and is expected to fetch up to £120,000 (equivalent to nearly 3.8 billion VND).
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| The leather case containing the violin of the musician who played it while on the Titanic is still in perfect condition. (Source: Daily Mail) |
As the Titanic sank, one band was still playing. Nearly 100 years after the tragedy, Wallace Hartley’s violin was recovered and put up for auction in 2022. It fetched £1.1 million.
Now, the leather case used to carry the instrument will also be auctioned. The life of musician Wallace Hartley is once again remembered.
A representative of the auction house Henry Aldridge & Son (UK) - the unit that is about to sell the leather bag - said that they had asked restoration experts to handle the metal details on the leather bag. Overall, the leather bag is still in ideal condition.
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| The guitar used by musician Wallace Hartley on the Titanic. (Source: Daily Mail) |
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| Musician Wallace Hartley. (Source: Daily Mail) |
Little did we know, the violin had been lost for decades. In 2006, a musician’s son found it in his attic and decided to auction it off. A silver plaque engraved on the body of the violin provided information about its origin.
The instrument was originally given to him by the musician's fiancée, Maria Robinson, as an engagement gift in 1910. The silver plate attached to the body of the instrument is engraved with the words: "For Mr. Wallace on the occasion of our engagement. Maria".
Recalling the moment of the tragedy, on April 14, 1912, the 33-year-old musician and 7 other members performed on the deck of the ship, in the chaos when the ship was sinking, passengers panicked and tried to get on the lifeboats. It is known that in the last hours, they played the song Nearer, My God, To Thee . The members of the band along with more than 1,500 passengers and crew members died in the maritime tragedy.
A few days later, the body of the musician Hartley holding the violin was found. The violin was then returned to the musician's fiancée along with other personal belongings. In Maria Robinson's diary, on July 19, 1912, after receiving her late fiancé's violin, Robinson wrote in her diary: "I am eternally grateful to those who brought your violin here. The violin will now be the bond of love between you and me."
Maria Robinson only asked to take back the violin, the other personal belongings of musician Hartley were sent to musician Hartley's biological father. However, when he learned that Maria Robinson was not married, musician Harley gave all of his son's belongings to Ms. Robinson, who kept them carefully.
Ms. Robinson died at the age of 59 in the town of Colne, Lancashire, England. After her death, items in her home began to be scattered and lost, including her violin.
In 2006, after the violin was accidentally found again and put up for auction, the anonymous owner of the violin shared: "I thought I should do the most meaningful thing for the violin. Currently, it is no longer playable, but I believe it still has a story worth telling."
The violin is currently on display at the Titanic Museum Belfast (UK). The leather case containing the violin, bearing the initials of musician Wallace, is also about to find a new owner.
(according to Dan Tri)
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