Titanic Survivor's Letter Sold

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A letter written onboard the Titanic before it sank sells for almost $400,000 at auction

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Archibald Gracie wrote of the ill-fated steamship: "It is a fine ship but I shall await my journeys end before I pass judgment on her" The letter is believed to be the sole example in existence from Gracie from onboard the Titanic .

The hammer price far exceeded the initial estimate price of 60,000 pounds .

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