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 ...

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.

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!” ...

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.

But at the end of the day she decided to talk to him, and discovered it was Jonathan Evans-Jones, who played Wallace Hartley, the violinist player who decides to keep on playing as the Titanicsinks.