Titanic letter expected to fetch €70,000

A LETTER card written by one of the most well-known survivors of the Titanic disaster is expected to sell for up to £60,000 (€70,000) at auction.

- BY ROD MINCHIN

Colonel Archibald Gracie wrote the famous book The Truth About The Titanic, detailing his experiences onboard the ill-fated liner - which was built in Belfast but later sank, costing 1,500 lives.

The letter card is dated April 10, 1912 and is postmarked Queenstown (now Cobh, Co Cork), April 11 and London, April 12 and is believed to be the only example from Gracie in existence from onboard the Titanic.

It is written over four sides to the seller's great-uncle, who was an acquaintance of Gracie, and is going under the hammer at Henry Aldridge and Son of Devizes, England on Saturday.