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Legal Dispute Threatens Auction of Titanic Artifacts—and More Art News

ARTnews.com·Devorah Lauter·26 days ago
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The Headlines I’ll NEVER LET GO?  Jack, from the 1997 film  Titanic ,  famously heard those words from his beloved Rose before he sank into the icy ocean. But now, the company that owns salvage rights to the  Titanic  shipwreck wants to let go of—or, rather, auction—nearly 100 artifacts recovered in 1987. The sale has now sparked new legal controversy, reports the  New York Times . At the heart of the issue is that the  R.M.S. Titanic , a private company, aims to sell artifacts that were found thanks to a joint 1987 expedition with the French government. The French government, however, lent its support to the expedition and later gave the US company title to the artifacts under the condition that whatever was recovered would not be sold. Meanwhile, the R.M.S. Titanic tried to keep its auction plans confidential, but a judge shot down their efforts and demanded that details about the sale be made public.…

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