The only known copy of an insurance ledger covering the hull of the RMS Titanic during its sea trials is to be sold at auction by Henry Aldridge & Son in Wiltshire, England, on November 21 with an estimated sale price of $40,000 to $67,000. The policy provides $100,000 worth of insurance coverage to the steel hull under the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, one of the ship's major insurers. The binder was signed on March 27, 1912 — just 19 days before the ship sank during its maiden voyage to New York. It includes a handwritten addendum extending coverage to the delivery trip and sea trials from Belfast to Southampton before any paying passengers boarded. The full claim was settled by insurers within a month of the disaster.
