A photo can be of the iceberg responsible for the tragedy of Titanicgoes to auction in the US this weekend.
The image was captured by a crew member of the ship Prinz Adalbert, who crossed the North Atlantic region where the Titanicwent to the bottom, on April 15, 2012, after suffering a tear in the case when striking an ice pack.
More than 1,500 people died in what today is the biggest naval disaster in peacetime history.
Image copyrightPAImage captionThe sinking of the "Titanic" was the greatest naval tragedy in peacetime
Image copyrightPAImage captionThe sinking of the "Titanic" was the greatest naval tragedy in peacetime
The crew member who took the photo made notes on the back of image, claiming to have seen red spots on the ice surface. The same color of the hull Titanic.
However, experts disagree about the "authenticity" of the iceberg and there is a current that argues that another block of ice, recorded in a picture taken by the master of Minia, one of the ships that participated in the rescue of victims of the wreck, corresponds more to the description made by those who were aboard theTitanic.
Image captionTo some experts, this may be the iceberg that sank the "Titanic"
Image captionTo some experts, this may be the iceberg that sank the "Titanic"
Therefore, the expectation house American auctions Henry Aldridge and Son to collect around R $ 70,000 with the photo, which is part of an auction of objects linked to the notorious transatlantic, is modest compared to the values of other items.
Recently, a violin used by one of the ship's orchestra musicians was sold for more than US $ 4 million.
