Titanic Letters for New York Auction
Published December 31st, 2008
Two letters from first-class passengers aboard the British ocean liner Titanic on White Star Lines stationery inscribed with “On board RMS Titanic” are expected to fetch $10,000-$20,000 each when auctioned on January 16 at Spink Smythe in New York.
“Letters from passengers aboard Titanic are extremely rare, and are among the most prized artifacts from the disaster,” said Robert Litzenberger of Spink Smythe.
The Titanic sank on April 14, 1912, when it stuck an iceberg in the North Atlantic while on route to New York on its maiden voyage. The letters were mailed from Southhampton, England, just before the ship’s departure.
