This letter, dated April 10, 1912, has sold for £300,000 ($399,000) at Henry Aldridge and Son, an auction house specializing in Titanic memorabilia. It smashed its pre-sale estimate of £60,000 ($80,600) and has set a record for a letter written aboard the Titanic.

He survived after being “swirled” under the ice-cold water before finding safety aboard a raft.“It is a fine ship, but I shall await my journey’s end before I pass judgment on her,” Gracie wrote in the letter.