Last cargo of Titanic - fraction of what auctioneers hoped to raise . But the bidder who bought the Dean item with the closest connection to the doomed voyage returned it to her after the sale , Aldridge said . Auction aimed at the nursing home bills of year - old Millvina Smith . She was two weeks old when Titanic sank in 1912 . The 17 paintings sold for about $ 8,000 , instead of $ 50,000 initially hoped for .
Last cargo of Titanic - fraction of what auctioneers hoped to raise . Auction aimed at the nursing home bills of year - old Millvina Smith . She was two weeks old when Titanic sank in 1912 . The 17 paintings sold for about $ 8,000 , instead of $ 50,000 initially hoped for .