Described as a "true piece of movie history", the violin was used to play the hymn Nearer My God To Thee as the ship went down in the 1997 blockbuster. Bandleader Wallace Hartley and his fellow ...

Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said: “Having sold the original violin that was played by Wallace Hartley when the Titanic sank on ...

The scene shows bandmaster Wallace Hartley leading his fellow musicians in playing as the doomed ocean liner goes down.

The scene shows Wallace Hartley leading his fellow musicians in playing as the doomed ocean liner goes down, most famously the hymn Nearer My God To Thee. Mr Hartley and his seven fellow band ...

The original screen violin can be seen multiple times in the 1997 blockbuster and during the sequence of the Titanic sinking as Nearer My God To Thee is played. Mr Evans-Jones sold the violin in ...

A violin used in Titanic’s unforgettable final scene, where the ship’s band plays Nearer, My God, to Thee, is heading to ...