An eyewitness account of the sinking of the Titanic will be the highlight of an auction of Titanic related artefacts this weekend Laura Francatelli a servatn of Lucile Duff Gordon and Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon wrote the harrowing account for the 1912 British enquiry into the disaster presided over by Lord Mersey Andrew Aldrifdge auctioneer was quoted You see a lot of documents that talk briefly about the incident but this affidavit goes into strong details it talks about Lady Duff being sick the whole time about the lifeboat bobbing up and down about the screams Aldridge suggests the letter may fetch 10000 to 15000 pounds