By Filipa Gaspar via SWNS
Lumps of coal from the Titanic have sold – for £1,500 (nearly $2,000).
The 46g of coal was one of hundreds of pieces of shipwreck memorabilia and was bought for well above its $400-600 estimate.
The 700 marine artifacts dating back to the 1500s were housed at the Shipwreck Treasure Museum in Charlestown, Cornwall.
Sir Tim Smit, founder of the Eden Project, bought the museum 10 years ago and has now been selling the items – with the building itself still on sale.
Rope recovered from Henry VIII’s Tudor flagship the Mary Rose was estimated to fetch £5,000 to £10,000 – but it was sold for £2,000.
