Edmund Fitzgerald Wreckage Fetches $150,000 at Auction

A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the SS Edmund Fitzgerald have sold for $150,000. The items were auctioned in the United States. The famous freighter sank in Lake Superior during a fierce storm on November 10, 1975. All 29 crew members died. The disaster was immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's hit song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." The auctioned life ring is marked with the ship's name. The lifeboat fragment is made of steel. Both artifacts were recovered from the wreck site shortly after the sinking. They were sold by a family who had owned them for decades. The buyer's identity was not made public. The sale price reflects the enduring public interest in one of the most famous shipwrecks in Great Lakes history. The Edmund Fitzgerald rests in Canadian waters, 530 feet deep. It is now a protected grave site.