I spent a couple of hours this morning in the Titanic museum in Orlando. This is an interesting exhibit that has authentic recreations of things like the grand staircase, staterooms, the deck, etc.. One of the most interesting pieces they have is a deck chair from the Titanic. It’s made of teak, and apparently floated away from the debris field to wash up on the shore of Newfoundland a few days after the sinking. A young 12 year old boy found it, completely intact, and stored it in his barn. He also made an entry in his diary the day he found it. There it sat for almost 100 years. A few years ago, a man living in Orlando told the museum that he had the chair that had been given him by his grandfather and wondered if they wanted it. After authenticating it, they got it and put it in the museum. The owner of the museum has been to the Titanic 15 times, but nobody is allowed to salvage from it, so there are very few actual artifacts left.
The chair is enclosed in a glass case. I took this photo with my cell phone, but it still has pretty good detail of the chair, which is in amazingly good condition. But then again, it’s teak, which is one of the hardest woods around. It’s pretty eerie to wonder who sat in it and whether or not they survived the sinking.
It's so crazy how these things are found. It looks really good for being so old. Sounds like you are partying it up in FL!