I agree. The second tragedy to befall Titanic was when Ballard did not bring up a small artifact and claim her for protection. He is a hero of mine and I also feel strongly against salvage.

These artifacts will eventually be auctioned and scattered across the globe because the company who own the artifacts are in financial difficulty. Besides, the novelty to see a travelling collection of artifacts seems to be dying and the company is losing money. This should never have happened.

I saw the artifacts on display and to be quite frank: Seeing a single shoe behind glass does not give me that same feeling of reverance as a photograph of two laced-up shoes laying at the bottom of the Atlantic. Rather give me the image of the bottle of champaign laying on the ocean floor than behind a pain of glass on display. It makes it less personal to parade these objects for income.