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Titanic Passenger's Letter Gives 'Absolutely Fascinating' Account of Life on Board Before Disaster
The letter offers rare second-class details of daily life aboard the Titanic and is being sold as a fresh item to the market, auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said.
- Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge is overseeing the sale of a rare letter penned by Titanic passenger Henry Price Hodges, expected to fetch up to £35,000 at auction on Sunday.
- Dated April 10, 1912, Hodges wrote the letter while traveling in second class from Southampton to Boston to visit relatives, just days before the ship sank.
- Hodges described fine weather and wrote, "On the top deck there are about 200 boys," offering a rare glimpse into daily life aboard the vessel before tragedy struck.
- The document provides a unique snapshot of second-class life, with Aldridge calling it "absolutely fascinating" and noting the letter has never been offered for sale before.
- More than 1,500 lives were lost when the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, making previously unseen relics like this letter "completely fresh to the market" historically invaluable.
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It is expected to sell for up to 35,000 British pounds.
·Marousi, Greece
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A letter written by a Titanic passenger, only a few days before the disaster, will soon be auctioned
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A letter written by a Titanic passenger a few hours after the opening trip of the ship will be auctioned in the UK and offers a rare portrait of the routine on board before the shipwreck that killed more than 1,500 people in 1912. Written by Henry Price Hodges on April 10, that year, the document can reach up to £35,000 (about R$260,000) at an auction from Henry Aldridge & Son house.
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A letter with “absolutely fascinating” details about life aboard the ill-fated ocean liner Titanic could fetch around 35,000 pounds sterling (US$…
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