Titanic passenger wrote to friend before fatal voyage, letter fetches $16,100 at auction

The letter was mailed in Southampton before the Titanic left England A letter written by a Canadian businessman shortly before the Titanic began its first voyage offers a glimpse into the final days of a passenger who never returned home.George Graham, a first-class passenger travelling from Southampton, England, to New York, wrote to a business colleague in Berlin, Germany, on April 10, 1912. In the letter, he apologised for forgetting to send his greetings earlier and expressed hope that they would meet the following year again. Four days later, the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, killing Graham and many others on board.The letter survived the disaster and was eventually sold for $16,100 at an auction conducted by Spink Smythe in New York City. According to a report published by World Record Academy on February 23, 2009, the sale established a world record for the most expensive letter from the Titanic.Graham was from Harriston, Canada, and worked as a sales manager for the Eaton's department store company. He had boarded the Titanic at Southampton with a first-class ticket numbered 112053 and was staying in cabin B-52.The letter was posted in Southampton shortly before the s...