LONDON--A wooden violin played by band leader Wallace Hartley on the ill-fated Titanic sold at auction for $1.4 million (U.S.), setting the record for the largest price received at auction for a ...

This includes the valise belonging to the Titanic Orchestra Leader Wallace Hartley. The valise was used to hold the violin Harley played as the ship was sinking.

Three days into the Titanic's voyage on 14 April, it struck an iceberg in the Atlantic resulting in its sinking and the loss ...

Wallace Hartley’s bag held the violin that the bandmaster famously played as the Titanic sank. (Henry Aldridge & Son LTD / Fox News) The bag was initially estimated to sell for around $150,000.

In 2013, the auction house also sold a violin believed to have been played by bandleader Wallace Hartley as the ship sank. The instrument sold for over $1.6 million, setting a record for Titanic ...

Winslet shared, referring to actor and musician Jonathan Evans-Jones, who played Wallace Hartley in the 1997 film. “I was like, ‘It’s you!’ ” she continued. “It was amazing!” ...