Ominous Letter Written By 'prophetic' Titanic Passenger Sells For Shocking Six-figure Sum At Auction

A "prophetic" missive written aboard nan ill-fated RMS Titanic water liner has been auctioned successful England for a stunning sum.

The missive was sold by Wiltshire-based Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd. connected April 26. It was written by Archibald Gracie IV connected April 10, 1912 – conscionable 5 days earlier nan vessel sank connected April 15.

Gracie penned nan statement connected April 10, erstwhile the vessel left Southampton, England. The missive was postmarked successful London 2 days later, connected April 12.

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"It is simply a good vessel but I shall await my journey's extremity earlier I walk judgement connected her," Gracie wrote compellingly successful nan letter.

"The Oceanic is for illustration an aged friend and while she does not person nan elaborate style and varied amusement of this large ship, still her seaworthy qualities and yacht-like quality make maine miss her," he added.

The auctioned-off missive was dated April 10 and postmarked April 12 - conscionable days earlier disaster struck. (Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd.; Getty Images)

As noted by Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd, Gracie woke up abruptly earlier midnight connected April 14 erstwhile nan Titanic deed an iceberg.

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"He later wrote that much than half nan men who had primitively reached nan lifeboat either died from exhaustion aliases cold, softly slipping disconnected nan keel during nan night," nan auction location said.

The British auctioneer who sold nan missive called it "prophetic." (Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd.)

"As dawn broke, Col Gracie returned to New York City aboard nan rescue vessel Carpathia, wherever he began penning astir what he had been through."

Though Gracie survived nan shipwreck, his wellness was severely impacted by nan disaster. 

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He suffered from hypothermia and various beingness injuries connected nan time of nan sinking.

In Dec. 1912, he fell into a coma earlier dying of complications from diabetes.

The RMS Titanic, which near Southampton, England, connected her maiden voyage connected April 10, is seen here. (AP Photo/File)

Originally predicted to fetch nan balanced of $80,000, nan 103-year-old portion of insubstantial was sold for an eye-popping 300,000 pounds, aliases $399,000.

Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge called nan missive "one of nan finest of its type known."

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"Not only is it written by 1 of nan astir important first-class passengers connected Titanic, [but] nan missive itself contains nan astir prophetic line: 'It is simply a good vessel but I shall await my journey's extremity earlier I walk judgement connected her,'" Aldridge said.

"Five days later, Titanic was astatine nan bottommost of nan North Atlantic."

The RMS Titanic has lcaptured nan public's fascination for complete a century. The ship's remains, seen here, were discovered successful nan 1980s. (NOAA/Institute for Exploration/University of Rhode Island)

The auction is impervious of nan public's enduring fascination pinch nan Titanic complete 110 years aft nan tragic shipwreck. 

In November, a akin postcard from a Titanic victim astatine different Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd. auction sold for $25,000.

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At nan aforesaid auction, a Tiffany and Co. timepiece fixed to a Titanic rescuer went for conscionable nether $2 million, 10 times much than nan original guided price. 

Sydney Borchers contributed to this report.