Titanic archive including rare first-class passenger list expected to sell for more than $100,000

A coveted archive belonging to a Titanic victim, comprised of rare items tied to the ill-fated voyage like a first-class passenger list, is expected to sell for upwards of $100,000 at an auction next month.

Frederick Sutton, a 61-year-old first-class passenger from New Jersey, was buried at sea after the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912.

While his body was never recovered, several of his belongings were salvaged from the wreckage and bequeathed to his surviving family, who held onto them for more than a century.

Now, his full collection is being sold at an auction in Devizes, Wiltshire on Nov. 22.

The items include the only known surviving first-class passenger list as well as a chilling note from the White Star Line notifying Sutton’s relatives that they would have to purchase a first-c