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Survivor's Titanic memento sold

Memorabilia from the Titanic, including a lot from the ship's last living survivor, raised thousands at auction.

The auction in Devizes, Wiltshire, featured memorabilia belonging to 97-year-old Millvina Dean.

Ms Dean faces monthly bills of £3,000 at her Southampton nursing home and sold a canvas bag from her rescue which raised £1,500.

The bag was used to carry her belongings back to England from New York after she, her mother and two-year-old brother were rescued.

Read entire article at BBC