“Prophetically” letter Posted by Titanic Passenger before the ship sank for almost $ 400,000

• A letter written by a Titanic Survivor while aboard the ship has sold for almost $ 400,000 at auction
• Antique Auctioneer Henry Aldridge & Son called the note from Colonel Archibald Gracie “Prophetic” – as he wrote it He would “wait for my trip’s end” before he took the verdict on the “fine ship”
• Estimated 1,500 people died in Titanic tragedy in April 1912

A letter written aboard Titanic just days before the ship sank has sold for almost $ 400,000 – long -over -awarded auction expectations.

Antique Auctioneer Henry Aldridge & Son announced Sales earlier this week and stated that the letter – written by Colonel Archibald Gracie while on board RMS Titanic in 1912 – picked up £ 300,000 (about $ 399,000) at auction and exceeded his first estimate of £ 60,000 (about $ 79 878.00).

Per auction company WebsiteThe letter from one of the ship’s most famous survivor was “prophetic”-as he wrote it on April 10, 1912, three days before the ship hit an iceberg early in the morning in the North Atlantic. An estimated 1,500 people died in the tragedy.

In the letter, Gracie wrote to an acquaintance, the seller’s grand-mer, “It’s a nice ship, but I will wait for my trip before I judge her.”

He continued, in what is believed to be the only example of a letter from him on the ship, “Oceanic is like an old friend and while she does not have the elaborate style and varying entertainment of this large ship, still her seaworthy qualities and yacht -like appearance make me miss her.”

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Henry Aldridge & Son’s website says that Gracie at night by Titanic had dropped, went to bed early and was going to play squash in the morning. He then woke up to a jerk and the ship contacted the iceberg before midnight, before he later helped women and children to lifeboats.

After securing his own escape, Gracie was eventually taken to the rescue ship Carpathia, before returning to New York City and wrote about his experience on the ship in The truth about Titanic.

Gracie suffered from hypothermic complications and other injuries during the months that followed before he died in December 1912 of complications from diabetes. The truth about Titanic was published the following year.

The auctioned letter – dated April 10, the day Gracie boarded the ship in Southampton – was written on over four pages and post -marked Queenstown, Ireland, April 11 and London on April 12. Three days later, the ship in the morning sank off the coast of Newfoundland while he was at his virgin to Southampton to New York.

Before Henry Aldridge & Son Sale, auction companies Andrew Aldridge said that Gracie’s letter “is one of the finest of its type known” and has never come to the market before.

“Not only is it written by one of the most important first -class passengers on Titanic, Colonel Archibald Gracie, (without) the letter itself contains the most prophetic line:” It is a fine ship but I will wait for my trip before I take the assessment on her “. Five days later, Titanic was at the bottom of Nordatlantic,” he said.

The company later confirmed the letter’s sale on Instagramcalls it a “amazing day.”

“Several records were broken, including the fantastic Archibald Gracie letter card written on board Titanic, which sells for a premium including £ 300,000. Our next Titanic and Liner auction in November promises to be another to remember and we now accept Poster,” wrote Henry Aldridge & Son.

Over the years, other antiques from the ship have a gold Tiffany & Co. Pocket Watch given to a captain, Retrieved high prices At auction. Also props from 1997 Titanic Film has taken in big money, as just last year, the iconic bit of balsa wood as Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet Hang on in the last scenes of the film Sold for $ 718 750.