PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Titanic survivor's walking stick, with an electric light she used to signal for help from a lifeboat, sold for $62,500 at an auction of maritime items, the auction house said Monday. Guernsey's held the sale at the International Yacht Restoration School in Newport, Rhode Island, on Friday and Saturday. The...
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