Titanic ticket makes waves
NY Daily News (4/20/08
A ticket for the Titanic's ill-fated voyage belonging to the last survivor with memories of the disaster sold for $65,772 at a British auction.
Lillian Asplund who died in 2006 at the age of 99 was just five years old when the Titanic hit an iceber and sank during her maiden voyage from England to New York.
Her father and three siblings were among the 1500 people who died. Asplund was the last American survivor of the disaster and the last with memories of it.
Asplund's ticket--bought by a collector from the United States--was among 364 items sold at auction.
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