Titanic Survivor's Letter Sells for $399,000

A man named Archibald Gracie wrote a letter on the Titanic ship. He wrote it five days before the ship sank. The letter sold for $399,000 at an auction.

Gracie wrote that the Titanic was a 'fine ship'. He said he would wait until the end of the trip to judge it. Sadly, the ship hit an iceberg and sank. Many people died, but Gracie survived. He wrote a book about what happened on the Titanic. The letter is special because it was written before the ship sank.