Record £ 3.41 crore for the Titanic Survivor -Letter: 'Most Detailed Account, Excellent Content' Sale | Today news

A letter written by one of the most well-known survivors of the Titanic disaster was sold for a record-breaking £ 3.41 crore (£ 300,000) at the auction. First class passenger colonel Archibald Gracie wrote the truth about the Titanic, which described his experience of the tragedy on April 15, 1912, which claimed 1,500 lives. The letter card is on April 10, 1912, the day he was on board, and will be positioned on April 11 on April 11 and April 12. It was said, “It’s a good ship, but I’ll wait for my travels before I judge her over her.” The historic item sells for five times the expected price of £ 58 Lakh (£ 60,000) at Henry Aldridge and Son, from Devizes, Wiltshire, on April 26 this year. This is the highest price ever achieved for the letter written aboard the Titanic, the auctioneers said. Letters from “Survivors of Gracie’s Profile” rarely, if ever, on the market and the article has never been for sale, added it. The great uncle of the seller, who was a knowledge of Gracie, received The Note at the Waldorf Hotel in London. It was written over four sides and continued: “The oceanic is like an old friend, and although she does not have the extensive style and diverse entertainment of this big ship, her worthy features and a yacht still miss me.” It was very kind of you to send me kindly, with the best wish for your success and happiness, Archibald Gracie. “The colonel” said a large part of the journey with a very unauthorized women and three sisters who survived. Below the surface of the water dipped. Male voice of a mighty man “who says,” Lighted boys, good luck and God bless you “, he reported. He also said that more than half of the men who originally reached the foldable, of exhaustion or cold and dropped off the night. Henry Aldridge and Son said the truth about the Titanic is one of the most detailed stories of the Evening. impossible to exceed the rarity of this lot, it is written by one of the highest profile survivors, with excellent content and on the rarest of mediums a letter card. ‘A real special museum degree. “The sale of £ 300,000 was taxable”. After the sale, they said: “The record prices and global participation of collectors are proof of the lasting interest in the Titanic all over the world, the stories of the men, women and children are told by the memorabilia and their memories are kept alive by the items.” First published: 27 Apr 2025, 08:54 AM IST