Overview
- The letter, written by Titanic survivor Colonel Archibald Gracie on April 10, 1912, sold for $399,000 at an auction on April 26, 2025.
- Auctioned by Henry Aldridge & Son in Wiltshire, England, the letter set a record for the highest price ever paid for Titanic correspondence.
- The letter, postmarked in Queenstown and London shortly before the ship sank, includes a chillingly prescient line: 'I shall await my journey's end before I pass judgment on her.'
- The item was purchased by a private U.S. collector after a competitive bidding process, far surpassing its estimated value of $80,000.
- Gracie, a first-class passenger and author of 'The Truth About the Titanic,' survived the disaster but died months later due to complications from the ordeal.