The postcard of a titanic survivor, sent on the day of the departure, was auctioned in England at a record price. With £ 300,000 (around 350,000 euros), the letter from the American first -class passenger colonel Archibald Gracie also obtained the estimated price of 60,000 pounds five times.
Gracie, who later became known for his book about the downfall of the “Titanic”, “the truth about the titanic” (“the truth about the titanic”), wrote on the postcard: “It’s a nice ship, but I will wait for the end of my journey before I form a judgment on this.” – A statement that the auction house Henry Aldridge and son in the Graafschap Wiltshire described as “prophetic”.
“Piece with museum value”
The British news agency PA from a message from the auction house quoted from a message from the auction house that falls under the hammer format the document from a passenger. The owner has also changed the historic document for the first time. The great uncle of the seller was a well -known gracies and received the post office in the Waldorf Hotel in London.
“The rarity of this object cannot be assessed strong enough,” said it in the message. It is a “piece with museum value”.
Salvation on the fall made folding boat
According to his own report, Gracie had mainly spent the time on board the Titanic to take care of non -counseled women. On the day of the disaster, April 14, 1912, four days after departure, he played squash, swam in the pool and went to church.
After the collision with the iceberg, who waved goodbye at night, he helped women and children on lifeboats before he saved himself on a fallen folding boat. Although he survived the disaster, Gracie died only months later in December 1912.
The “Titanic” went on 10 April 1912 in Southampton in the south of English with more than 2,200 people on board for the first trip to New York. After just a few days, the luxury steamboat, which was considered unchangeable, pushed against an iceberg – and went down. More than 1500 people died.
Source: Krone
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