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Message: [QUOTE="Kevin Saucier, post: 71409, member: 201359"] [url="http://www.mastronet.com/index.cfm?action=DisplayContent&ContentName=Lot%20Information&LotIndex=65147&CurrentRow=1"]Here is an example[/url] of a high-end auction house selling a "very questionable" item: When asked about the rhinestone button purportedly worn by a survivor, here is the provenance they provided from the consignor. I was also told they did not check the history and trusted the documentation: ______________________________ <font color="blue">This is not a prop from the motion picture Titanic It is a real piece of Titanic history ********************* I am offering a very ornate button that was owned by a survivor of the Titanic. This buttons history is traced back to a couple that lived in Boston, Mass. I had originally been informed that the family name was Hopper but this is not the case. This button adorned a jacket owned by a first class passenger named Mrs. Harris. We believe that Mrs. Harris had traveled with her maid that had the last name Hopper and the first name Mary. After the tragic event Mrs. Harris moved to Maryland and lived out the remainder of her life until her death at the age of 77. The button has small blue gemstones....some are missing. We are not sure how this happened, but rumors were told to me that it quite possibly happened the very night Titanic sank (this is not a certain fact) _____________________________ Sadly, even after supplied with endless links and irrefutable historical evidence that the broach cannot be as claimed, they are still going ahead with the auction and without any disclosure. Kevin [/QUOTE]

Verification: In which year did the Titanic sail?