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...just been polished. Crystal glasses, beautiful porcelain plates and cups. When we brought them to the surface, ; everyone rushed up to see. We wanted to expose them to the air as little as possible, but it would have been criminal not to let the crew see them." Recalls Robert Chappaz, who helped secure financing for the mission: "We opened a leather case and saw that it was filled with jewels. We closed it immediately. The wreck was not our private...
...Chappaz and his French colleagues feel the same way. "These objects would eventually have been destroyed by the sea," he says. "Why should we simply abandon them?" He adds, "I won't get rich from the Titanic." Indeed, the objects are scheduled to go on a world-wide tour next summer and eventually be lent to various museums for public display...
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