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She was just nine weeks old when the Titanic sank
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Milvina Dean set sail on the ship along with her family, who planned to emigrate to Kansas
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After the ship hit an iceberg, Milvina, her mother and brother, were put aboard a lifeboat
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Her father was among the 1,500 who died. When they reached America, they were given this suitcase of clothes
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donated by the people of New York. It went up for auction
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along with compensation letters to her mother from the Titanic Relief Fund
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They sold for over $50,000, which 96-year-old Milvina says she needs to pay the fees for her nursing home
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Well, I'm quite happy with this. Of course I am. Oh, yes
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But somehow I thought the suitcase they said was worth so much
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I thought that would be about $10,000 or $20,000 itself. A charity devoted to preserving Titanic's history
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had planned to buy Milvina's relics and return them to her, but they were outbid
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She does, though, still have her memories and now enough money to live out her years in comfort
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Harry Smith, Al Jazeera
