A "remarkable" photograph purportedly of the iceberg which sank the Titanic is expected to sell for more than £10,000 at auction.
The grainy picture was taken on the morning of 15 April, 1912, a few hours after the historic collision that happened just before midnight.
Auctioneers said the original image was captured by the chief steward of the steamer Prinz Adalbert which passed the iceberg.
There was reportedly red paint on one side of the iceberg, suggesting it was scraped by a ship.
The Titanic sank just over two hours after the collision with the loss of more than 1,500 lives.
A previous unpublished document written and signed by the chief steward, which is also in the auction, said: "On the day after the sinking of the Titanic, the steamer Prinz Adalbert passes the iceberg shown in this photograph. The Titanic disaster was not yet known by us.
"On one side red paint was plainly visible, which has the appearance of having been made by the scraping of a vessel on the iceberg. SS Prinz Adalbert Hamburg America Line".
Three other crewmen also signed the document.
Among the other items in the auction at Henry Aldridge & Son in Wiltshire is a cup presented by Titanic survivor Margaret Brown to Sir Arthur Rostron, the captain of rescue ship Carpathia, which is set to go for more than £50,000.
The American socialite, who later famously became known as the "unsinkable Molly Brown", survived the sinking which happened during its maiden voyage to New York from Southampton.
Brown – who became one of the Titanic's most famous survivors – presented the sterling silver cup to Sir Arthur in a ceremony in New York the following month.
He and his crew rescued 705 Titanic survivors and Brown was on one of the last lifeboats to reach his ship.
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