A locker key from the Titanic is expected to be sold for up to £50,000 at auction. The key was used by 23-year-old Sidney Sedunary, from Shirley, Southampton, who was second third-class steward on the passenger liner and one of 1,500 people who died when the vessel hit an iceberg in April 1912 in the north Atlantic. His body was recovered, and his possessions, including his pocket watch and the “exceptionally rare” key, which held a brass tag with the words “Locker 14 F Deck”, were sent to his pregnant wife, Madge. Some of Sedunary’s belongings were donated to the Southampton Maritime Museum by his son, also named Sidney, but many remained with the family, including the key. It will be sold on 22 October by the auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son, of Devizes, Wiltshire, who are specialists in Titanic memorabilia.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2016 22:35 UTC