Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Luke Tomes gets special access to a selection of incredible artefacts recovered from the Titanic, including a pocket diary and pencil discovered on the body of third-class passenger, a second-class passenger postcard with a photograph of the gymnasium aboard the ill-fated liner and a possessions bag of first-class traveller and business mogul, Frank Sutton who drowned on the fatal night of 14 April, 1912.
Special thanks to Auctioneers & Titanic specialists Henry Aldridge & Son. For more information about these and other items check out the Henry Aldridge & Son website: henryaldridge.com the auction takes place on Saturday 22nd November from 12pm (UK time), you can follow the action here:
bid.henryaldridge.com/auctions
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00:00 Introduction
01:06 1st Class Passenger Item Bag (Frank Sutton)
10:09 2nd Class Passenger Postcard (Marion Wright)
14:38 3rd Class Passenger Pocket Diary and Pencil (Ernest Tomlin)
Luke Tomes gets special access to a selection of incredible artefacts recovered from the Titanic, including a pocket diary and pencil discovered on the body of third-class passenger, a second-class passenger postcard with a photograph of the gymnasium aboard the ill-fated liner and a possessions bag of first-class traveller and business mogul, Frank Sutton who drowned on the fatal night of 14 April, 1912.
Special thanks to Auctioneers & Titanic specialists Henry Aldridge & Son. For more information about these and other items check out the Henry Aldridge & Son website: henryaldridge.com the auction takes place on Saturday 22nd November from 12pm (UK time), you can follow the action here:
bid.henryaldridge.com/auctions
You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.
Get an exclusive release every week by signing up here: youtube.com/channel/UCZwU2G-KVl-P-O-B35chZOQ/join
#titanic #artefacts #auction
00:00 Introduction
01:06 1st Class Passenger Item Bag (Frank Sutton)
10:09 2nd Class Passenger Postcard (Marion Wright)
14:38 3rd Class Passenger Pocket Diary and Pencil (Ernest Tomlin)
