The lettercard, penned by one of the Titanic’s best-known survivors just days before the steamship sank, smashed estimates to sell for £300,000 ($399,000) at a UK auction.

Days before the Titanic struck an iceberg, a first-class passenger, Col. Archibald Gracie, described the vessel in a letter written while on board: "It is a fine ship but I shall await my journey's ...

The letter, written by first-class passenger Archibald Gracie, sold for five times its expected price at auction. It was ...