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The Hartley violin was exhibited in Northern Ireland at the shipyard where the RMS Titanic was built, Titanic Belfast, and in the United States at Titanic Branson and Titanic Pigeon Forge museums. It was sold by auction house Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on 19 October 2013 for £900,000 ($1.7 million US), as reported by ...
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This led to his being recruited by CW & FN Black, Liverpool to play on the Titanic. [4] He boarded the Titanic on Wednesday 10 April 1912 in Southampton. His ticket number was 250654, the ticket for all the members of Hartley's orchestra. [11] His cabin was second class, and he was the only Belgian musician aboard the Titanic.
April 15 – Sinking of the RMS Titanic: Wallace Hartley, ship's bandleader and violinist, 33; John Law Hume, ship's violinist, 21; April 30 – František Kmoch, conductor and composer, 63; May 18 – Marie von Schleinitz, arts patron (born 1842) May 19 – Alphonse Hasselmans, harpist (born 1845) June 6 – Giulio Ricordi, music publisher, 71
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 ...
Hanson described the newspaper, which sold for £34 (about $45) this week, as “a valuable piece of social history,” adding: “This find reminds us of the many bereaved families and friends ...
John Juzek (né Janek Jůzek, aka Jan, aka Johann;1892, Písek – c. 1965, Luby) was a Czech merchant, widely known in North America as an exporter of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses made and labeled under his anglicized name, "John Juzek," crafted mostly by guilds and various independent makers in the Bohemia region of the Czechoslovakia and Germany border.
4. Henry Clay Frick. Henry Clay Frick was the chairman of Carnegie Steele when the Titanic was built, so complimentary tickets were gifted to him and his wife.His wife sprained her ankle while ...