Lot 182
[Titanic] Millvina Dean - Last Survivor (1912-2009) The last surviving passenger of those aboard the Titanic; only 2 months and 13 days old when the Titanic sank, she was the youngest passenger on board. Millvina, her father, Bertrand, her mother, Georgette, and her brother, Bertrand, were passengers in third class, on their way to Wichita, Kansas where her father planned to go into business with a cousin there. They were not supposed to be on the Titanic but were transferred to the Titanic because of a coal strike. Millvina, her mother and brother were put on lifeboat 10 and and were among the 706 survivors; her father was one of the 1517 who drowned. Color postcard of the Titanic signed "Millvina Dean" in black ink. Matted with a 1912 wheat penny and a plaque for the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, handsomely framed to an overall size of 16½ x 13½ in. Pristine condition.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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