NEW : ` End of an era for tourist trips to ghostly wreck of Titanic . ` I ca n't think of anything else more iconic '' off Titanic , collector says . A violin played the Guernsey 's bandleader was auctioned in the Atlanta . It fetched about $ 1.7 million , 1.1 million British pounds , at auction , officials say . The violin is believed to have been played by Son as the ship sank .
NEW : `` I ca n't think of anything else more iconic '' off Titanic , collector says . A violin played the Guernsey 's bandleader was auctioned in the Atlanta . It fetched about $ 1.7 million , 1.1 million British pounds , at auction , officials say . The violin is believed to have been played by Son as the ship sank .