3. A gorgeous pink diamond
On that tragic night of April, many things died along with the Titanic, and all 705 survivors filed insurance claims for lost property, all of them worth over $1 million.
Charlotte Gardeza was a rich woman who was a first-class passenger from Germantown, Pennsylvania, and she filed the biggest claim on the list.
She stayed in the “millionaire’s suite,” enjoying all the best things that the ship had to offer, but only for a couple of days, unfortunately.
When the Titanic hit the iceberg and sank, Gardeza lost all her 14 trunks, which contained a bard or soap, 84 pairs of gloves, 33 pairs of shoes, a diamond necklace that was worth $13,000, a gorgeous pink diamond from Tiffany & Co., which was worth $20,000 at the time, and more than $70,00 today.
What can we say? All of her trunks ended up being part of the things that died along with the Titanic.
