A letter from a first-class passenger on board the Titanic has fetched £55,000 at auction – a record price for a piece of written correspondence from the ship. The piece was penned by Adolphe Saalfeld, on three sides of stationery from the doomed vessel, to his “wifey”, Gertrude, still home in Britain. His words give a rare glimpse into day-to-day life on the maiden voyage of the Titanic, which sank on April 15, 1912 with the loss of 1,517 lives after hitting an iceberg. The letter was one of 350 lots of White Star Line memorabilia sold yesterday by auctioneer Henry Aldridge and Son, in Devizes, Wiltshire. – From Yahoo News