Rare Titanic life jacket worn by survivor to be auctioned

London. A life jacket worn by a survivor of the infamous 1912 RMS Titanic maritime disaster is set to be auctioned for the first time. The auction is being described as a once-in-a-generation opportunity. According to the British auction house Henry Aldridge & Son, the jacket is estimated to sell for between 250,000 and 350,000 pounds. The jacket was worn by Laura Mabel Francatelli, a first-class passenger on the Titanic. She was traveling to Chicago as a secretary to the famous fashion designer Lucy Duff-Gordon. Francatelli, Gordon, and Gordon's husband all successfully survived by boarding Lifeboat No. 1. When the journey began on...