Titanic Deck Chair Company of Nantucket

The 'First' Chair

**acquired by the titanic deck chair company of nantucket in 1998**

In 1998, the Titanic Deck Chair Company of Nantucket was founded by Ian McCarthy and Ralph Cook, Jr. with the acquisition of an authentic Titanic deck chair, originally recovered in 1912 by Captain LeMarteleur aboard the Mackay-Bennett. Their mission: to create faithful reproductions and share the legacy of Titanic through its most iconic symbol of luxury.

The original chair went on to make headlines—selling for $44,000 in 2001 and later shattering records at nearly $150,000 in 2015. Today, this historic artifact resides at Titanic Belfast, on display in the Artefacts Gallery for the world to see.

THE 'FIRST' CHAIR NOW LIVES IN THE “TITANIC BELFAST” MUSEUM - THE TITANIC EXPERIENCE. SEE THE CHAIR IN THE ARTEFACTS GALLERY AT THE TITANIC EXPERIENCE AT TITANIC BELFAST.

The 'New' Chair

**acquired by the titanic deck chair company of nantucket in 2022**

In September 2022, A.H. Wilkens Auctioneers & Appraisals of Toronto, Canada contacted Ian about an upcoming auction. Among the lots was a remarkably intact deck chair, consigned from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and purported to be from the Titanic disaster.

Ian ultimately secured the chair at auction and brought it to his home on Cape Cod. “I always regretted parting with the first chair—especially with the way that auction went forward just after September 11, 2001,” Ian says.

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