London-A letters written by one of the best known survivors of Titanic aboard the ship, days before it sink, it has been sold for $ 399,000 (300,000 pounds) in an auction.
In the note, written in Uncle Grandfather of the seller on April 10, 1912, the first -class passenger Archibald Gracie wrote about the unfortunate steam ship: “It’s a good ship, but I will wait for my trips before I judge him.”
The letter was sold to a private collector from the United States on Saturday, according to the Henry Aldridge & are in Wiltshire, England. The price of the hammer far exceeded the initial estimated price of 60,000 pounds.
It is believed that the letter is the only example of Gracie from the Titanic aboard the Titanic, which sank in Newfoundland after hitting an iceberg, killing some 1,500 people on their inaugural trip.
The auctioneer Andrew Aldridge described him as an “exceptional museum grade piece.”
Gracie, who jumped from the ship and managed to fight against a folding boat overturned, was rescued by other passengers aboard a lifeboat and was taken to the RMS Carpatia. Then he wrote “The truth about the Titanic”, a story of his experiences, when he returned to New York City.
Gracie approached the Titanic in Southampton on April 10, 1912, and the first class C51 was assigned. His book is seen as one of the most detailed stories of the events of the night when the ship sank, said Aldridge. Gracie did not recover completely from the hypothermia she suffered, and died of diabetes complications at the end of 1912.
The letter was Matascita de Queenstown, Ireland, one of the two stops that the Titanic made before sinking.
