SEATTLE, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (Nasdaq: CTIC; MTAX) today announced that it has agreed to sell approximately 23,121,387 shares of its common stock at a per share price of $1.73 per share in a registered offering. CTI has also granted the purchasing investors a 90-day option to purchase approximately an additional 5,780,346 shares at the same price per share.