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A letter written onboard the Titanic before it sank sells for almost $400,000 at auction

A letter written onboard the Titanic before it sank sells for almost $400,000 at auction
A lettercard penned by one of the Titanic’s most well-known survivors from onboard the ship days before it sank has sold for 300,000 pounds ($399,000) at auction

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