A letter written during the Titanic's final voyage, on April 15, 1912, was sold at auction today for nearly $400.000 (€350.000).
A letter written on April 10, 1912, by first-class passenger Archibald Gracie, has been sold to a private collector in the United States, auction house Henry Aldridge & Son in Wiltshire, England, said, far exceeding its initial estimate of 60.000 pounds.
Gracie, who jumped from the ship during the sinking and managed to climb onto the overturned boat, was rescued by passengers from another lifeboat and taken to the ship Carpathia, which picked up all the survivors.
His book, written shortly after his return to New York, is considered one of the most detailed accounts of the events of the night the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg, killing an estimated 1.500 people on its maiden voyage. Sadly, he never fully recovered from the hypothermia he suffered and died of complications from diabetes in late 1912.
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