Just 112 years ago, the RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg, killing 1,522 passengers. The block of ice involved in this drama remains a mystery that many enthusiasts want to unravel. A recently updated photograph of the potential culprit will be auctioned on April 27 by the Henry Aldridge & Son auction house, reports Populars Mechanics.
On this black and white photo measuring approximately 12.5 x 7.5 cm is the misspelled caption “Titantic”. It was taken by one of the members of the John R. Snow and Company two days after the tragedy, on April 16, 1912. The onboard funeral director was present on board the Mackay-Bennett to collect the bodies of the passengers .
One of the first ships near the wreck
This ship was one of the first to reach the wreck, which lends credence to the fact that this could be the iceberg involved. “No one can say with certainty that this is the one who sank the liner,” however, nuanced the auctioneer Andrew Aldridge in the DailyMail. But “he must have had his reasons for taking a photo of this iceberg,” he adds.
The photograph remained in John R. Snow's family for a long time before a collector acquired it in the early 1990s and soon put it up for auction. Its price is estimated between 5,000 and 8,500 dollars (4,600 euros and 8,000 euros).
This photograph joins a series of others that continue to keep the legend of the Titanic alive. In October 2015, a photo also put up for sale by the Henry Aldridge & Son auction house purported to show the iceberg involved in the sinking. The photo, taken by sailor Prinz Adalbert on April 15, 1912, was sold for 27,000 euros, recalls Géo.