In 1912, the Collyer family boarded the ill-fated ship bound for Payette. Only the mother and daughter survived. Explorer ...

Days before the Titanic struck an iceberg, a first-class passenger, Col. Archibald Gracie, described the vessel in a letter written while on board: “It is a fine ship but I shall await my journey’s ...

When first-class passenger Col. Archibald Gracie boarded the Titanic in Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912, he drafted a letter to a friend. "It is a fine ship," he wrote, "but I shall await my ...

A rare letter penned by Colonel Archibald Gracie, one of the Titanic’s most distinguished survivors, has fetched a record £300,000, a fivefold increase on its estimated price, at an auction in ...

A lettercard written by Titanic survivor Archibald Gracie has sold for £300,000 ($399,000) by Henry Aldridge & Son Auction House in Wiltshire, England. More than a century after the Titanic's tragic ...

Since the Titanic’s tragic shipwreck in 1912, people around the world have wanted to preserve the legacy of not only the ship but its passengers, as well. For that reason, auctions focused on Titanic ...