the key itself survived and was donated by blair's daughter to the international sailors society. on 22 september 2007, it was sold in a group of items including a postcard blair wrote on board the "titanic" via an auction held by henry aldridge, including a ticket from belfast that fetched £32,000 and a postcard sent by a passenger which sold for £17,000. the key was purchased by shen dongjun, the ceo of jewellery retailer tesiro's chinese division for £90,000, and is currently on display in nanjing.