London: A “remarkable” photograph purportedly of the iceberg which sank the Titanic was sold at auction for £21,000 ($32,155).
And a Spillers and Bakers Pilot biscuit which was on board a lifeboat was bought for £15,000.
The grainy iceberg picture, which was expected to fetch more than £10,000, was taken on the morning of 15 April, 1912, several hours after the historic collision that happened just before midnight. Auctioneers said the original image was captured by the chief steward of the steamer Prinz Adalbert which passed the iceberg.
There was reportedly red paint on one side of the iceberg, suggesting it was scraped by a ship. The Titanic sank just over two hours after the collision, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives.
Meanwhile, a cup presented by Titanic survivor Margaret Brown to Sir Arthur Rostron, the captain of rescue ship Carpathia, was sold for £130,000 at the same auction organised by Henry Aldridge & Son in Wiltshire.
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