The lettercard, penned by one of the Titanic’s best-known survivors just days before the steamship sank, smashed estimates to sell for £300,000 ($399,000) at a UK auction.

A letter written by Archibald Gracie, one of the few survivors of the Titanic, sold for nearly $400,000 at auction. Written just days before the ship sank, the letter is one of the few surviving first-hand accounts of the shipwreck.