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Message: [QUOTE="Jason D. Tiller, post: 452784, member: 79065"] The only reported rogue expedition to the wrecksite was conducted in the summer of 2004, led by Dik Barton. Any artifacts that ended up on the black market, were likely as a result of said expedition. RMS Titanic Inc., now a subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions had been trying to sell off the artifacts since 2001, due to their financial issues and fear of going bankrupt, which eventually happened. But due to restrictions imposed by the judge for the artifacts not to be sold as piecemeal, they were continuously denied. However as of October 2018, the 5,500 artifacts valued at $218 million by RMSTI were sold to a hedge fund who purchased them for $19.5 million. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-45934723[/URL] [/QUOTE]