Quotes
The hours that elapsed before we were picked up by the Carpathia were the longest and most terrible that I ever spent,
Colonel Gracie said, ... according to The Tribune
When the ship plunged down, I was forced to let go, and I was swirled around and around for what seemed an interminable time,
he saidIt is too terrible to think of, ... but I am hoping against hope that he has come through the perils of the accident without harm.”
she saidIt really was a fantastic sale that shows the appeal of one of the most important events of the twentieth century
Andrew Aldridge, auctioneer at Henry Aldridge & Son, said
In no instance, I am happy to say, did I hear any word of rebuke from a swimmer because of a refusal to grant assistance.”
The colonel later wrote
The record braking prices and global participation from collectors are a testament to the enduring interest in the Titanic the world over, the stories of those men, women and children are told through the memorabilia and their memories are kept alive through those items."
Henry Aldridge & Son Auction House told Newsweek in an email
It is a fine ship but I shall await my journeys end before I pass judgment on her.”
In the note, written to the seller's great-uncle on April 10, 1912, first-class passenger Archibald Gracie wrote of the ill-fated steamship