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Titanic

Chilling original photo of the Titanic iceberg

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Chilling original photo of the Titanic iceberg

Remarkable original matte-finish 4x 3 photograph of the infamous iceberg that the Titanic struck on the night of April 14, 1912. The photograph, taken by Carpathia passenger Louis M. Ogden on the morning of April 15, depicts the North Atlantic horizon, with the iceberg to left-center. In fine condition, with slight creasing to the lower corner tips.

Louis M. Ogden was a New York socialite aboard the RMS Carpathia during the Titanic disaster who helped to photograph, document, and assist the survivors. This was among the thirty images he captured that day, and he kept a similar example in a personal album identified as, ‘The berg the Titanic struck, taken at sunrise.' The shape of the iceberg in this photograph is also a close match to a drawing by artist Colin Campbell Cooper, also a passenger aboard the Carpathia, who made a sketch of the two-peak iceberg on the horizon on the morning after the disaster. Photographs of this iceberg are tremendously rare, and often disputed; the preponderance of evidence supporting this example makes it a truly spectacular, museum-quality piece.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #502 - Ended June 14, 2017