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Titanic passenger’s haunting letter sells for record £60,000
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Jump to content Independent Light Dark Menu Thank you for registering Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in Swipe for next article Independent Bulletin homepage Download our app All News Sport Culture Lifestyle Titanic passenger’s haunting letter sells for record £60,000 Rod Minchin Monday 27 July 2026 14:14 BST Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover Titanic wreckage seen like never before in brand new footage A letter written by Titanic second-class passenger Henry Price Hodges just days before the ship sank has sold for a record £60,000 at auction . Mr Hodges penned the letter to his friend Hector Young on 10 April 1912, describing the fine weather and good atmosphere on board the vessel. The letter, considered a “rare” and “historically priceless snapshot” of life from a second-class perspective, was sold by Henry Aldridge and Son of Devizes. Mr Hodges died on 15 April when the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, with his body later recovered and buried in Fairview Cemetery in Halifax, Canada. An "extremely rare" US one-dollar bill recovered from third-class passenger Ernest Tomlin also fetched £37,000 at the same auction, almost quadrupling its estimate. In full Doomed Titanic passenger’s final letter sells for record sum at auction More bulletins Get in touch Contact us Our Products Subscribe Register Newsletters Donate Today’s Edition Install our app Archive Other publications International editions Independent en Español Independent Arabia Independent Turkish Independent Persian Independent Urdu The Standard Extras Puzzles All topics Betting offers Latest deals Competitions and offers Independent Advertising Independent Ignite Syndication Working at The Independent Legal Code of conduct and complaints Contributors Cookie policy Donations Terms & Conditions Privacy policy User policies Modern Slavery Statement Thank you for registering Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in
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