Violin prop used in Titanic movie up for sale

A violin played by the bandleader of the Titanic as it sank in the Hollywood film is expected to fetch up to £60,000 at auction.

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 band members were all killed along with 1,500 others when the ocean liner hit an iceberg in 1912.

The violin will be auctioned by Henry Aldridge and Son in Wiltshire at the end of the month.