Archibald Gracie wrote in a letter that the Titanic was an amazing ship, but he would make a judgment about him after the end of the journey. Later, Gracie, who managed to survive after the disaster, wrote the book The Truth About the Titanic.
In the UK, a letter written by a man who survived the Titanic Capacheus sold at an auction for a record of 300 thousand pounds (nearly 400 thousand dollars). About this Saturday, April 26, reported by The Guardian.
It was noted that the author of the letter was a first-class passenger, Colonel Archibald Gracei, who later wrote the book of The Titanic, in which he described his tragedy experience on April 15, 1912, which had 1,500 lives during the Term of New York.
The letter was dated on April 10, 1912, in the afternoon, when he climbed aboard, and Kvingsstown with a mail stamp 15:45 April 11 and London on April 12.
The with -set letter writes: “This is a wonderful ship, but I will wait for the end of my journeys before making a judgment.”
On Saturday at the Henry Aldridge and son of the Devizes Store, the Wiltshire county, this item was sold at a price five times higher than expected – 60 thousand pounds.
According to auctionists, this is the highest price for a letter written on the Titanic board.
Earlier it was reported that the golden pocket clock, which wore the richest Titanic passenger, was sold within 1.2 million pounds.
Also, the doors from the movie Titanic 1997, where Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio were held, sold at 718,750 dollars.
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