( CNN ) In the months after the ship sinking , Titanic survivor Lady Lucy Duff-Gordon 's correspondence to her friend in New York starts , as one might expect , with an appropriate amount of thanks for her concern . `` How kind of you to send me a cable of sympathy from New York on our safety , '' Duff-Gordon writes in a letter that will go up for auction Wednesday in Boston . The remarks she writes next on her own personal letterhead dated May 27 , 1912 , indicate that not all were pleased with how things turned out . `` According to the way we 've been treated by England on our return we did n't seem to have done the right thing in being saved at all ! ! ! ! Is n't it disgraceful ? '' Duff-Gordon said . Duff-Gordon and her husband , Cosmo , escaped the Titanic 's tragic end by boarding Lifeboat 1 , which transported 12 passengers despite having capacity for 40 . The prominent fashion designer and her husband were the only two passengers asked to testify during the British Wreck Commissioner 's inquiry into the famous ship 's sinking . Their testimony made them popular fodder for tabloids after allegations that Cosmo had bribed the crew to row away faster , rather than trying to rescue others . Lifeboat 1 became known as the `` Money Boat . '' Rumors that the Duff-Gordons tried to deter the crew from making other rescues were never corroborated , but Lucy Duff-Gordon later said her husband was `` brokenhearted over the negative coverage for the rest of his life , '' according to a release from RR Auction , the house responsible for the sale of the letter . Other artifacts also up for auction with Duff-Gordon 's letter include a teacup from the Titanic that was , according to the auction house , `` destined for the bottom of the Atlantic , '' a guitar belonging to Johnny Ramone of the Ramones , and a three-page letter by Civil Rights activist Malcolm X written from a Norfolk prison in 1950 . In his letter , Malcolm X proclaims his allegiance to `` the Almighty God , Allah , '' whom he credits with `` cleaning our polluted souls . '' Before converting to Islam in 1948 , Malcolm X lived in Boston , where he befriended musicians at the Roseland State Ballroom where he worked . Though he renounced his former life , saying , `` Without Allah , no wonder we have so longingly turned so often to music for its comforting effects , '' he wrote longingly of his former friends . A letter by Grateful Dead front man Jerry Garcia sent to a a former Vogue cover model whom he met at a New York party in 1980 will also go up for sale . The undated letter is postmarked June 22 , 1982 . Garcia asks the woman for mercy , indicating how rare such a letter is , saying , `` Pardon my handwriting , this is the first letter I 've written in years . '' He includes a sketch of the band 's first outdoor performance , saying , `` Grateful Dead just played our first outdoor show of the year at a place called the Greek Theatre . '' The historic Berkeley music venue would become a home base for the band , which would have celebrated its 50th anniversary this summer . Violin played as Titanic sank sells for $ 1.7 million .
Titanic survivor 's body up for auction in Boston . Lady Lucy Duff - Gordon tells him of ` ` disgraceful '' treatment after rescue . Malcolm X , Jerry Garcia letters also up for auction .