The items for sale include a steward's badge
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A crew badge belonging to Dumfries-born steward Thomas Mullin, who drowned on the Titanic, has been sold for �28,000.
It was part of a box of memorabilia bought for �102 at a sale in Dumfries by retired policeman David Howard.
The badge was sold to an un-named overseas collector at the British Titanic Society Convention in Chilworth, Hants, on Friday.
A leather wallet and a postcard were withdrawn when they failed to reach their reserve price.
They had attracted bids of �5,500 and �2,500 respectively.
The items will be offered for sale again at a Titanic convention in Southampton in six months time, along with other items from the Mullin collection.
Mr Howard, 44, originally brought the items as bric-a-brac at a Dumfries auction in December last year.
They had been put on sale by a relative of Dumfries-born Mr Mullin, who feared they would bring bad luck.
Mr Howard only realised the value of the items after he posted an appeal for information on a website.
They were found on Mr Mullin's frozen body when it was pulled from the water. His body was the last to be recovered.
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