Found behind a wall, Titanic ad from 1911
A RARE poster advertising the Titanic has been found on the back of a painting hidden behind a false wall by a couple renovating their home.
The lithographic print is one of three adverts produced in 1911 for the White Star Line promoting trips on the Titanic and sister ship the Olympic.
The posters were withdrawn after the Titanic sank in April 1912 – so there are few examples left.
The unnamed couple demolished a wall in the house they bought in Wales and found a landscape painting in the cavity. When they took it from the frame they found the 23in by 32in poster beneath it.
The print, worth £3,000, will be sold at auction house Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, on April 23, as will examples of the other adverts, valued at £4,000 and £12,000.