![[TITANIC] Marconi message: 18. Olympic to Parisian 5-1/2 x 8 in.(14 x 20 cm.)](http://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-04/24/8524657-22-1.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "[TITANIC] Marconi message: 18. Olympic to Parisian 5-1/2 x 8 in.(14 x 20 cm.) Estimate: US$ 1,000 - 2,000 £660 - 1,300 €770 - 1,500")
TITANIC DISASTER—MARCONI MESSAGE #18.
Typed Marconi message from the R.M.S. Olympic radio log book, 1 p, oblong 8vo (140 x 200 mm), New York, April 15, 1912, 12:25 p.m. EST, sent from the Olympic to the Parisian in response to the previous lot, asking if a particular path to the Titanic's location is free of ice and if they have the boat's correct location, in full: "Many THANKS FOR MESSAGE CAN WE STEER TO 41.22 N 50.14 W FROM WESTWARD AND THEN NORTH TO TITANIC FAIRLY FREE FROM ICE WE ARE DUE THERE AT MIDNIGHT SHOULD APPRECIATE TITANIC CORRECT POSITION IF YOU CAN GIVE IT ME / (signed) Haddock," framed.
Estimate:
US$ 1,000 - 2,000
£660 - 1,300
€770 - 1,500
£660 - 1,300
€770 - 1,500
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