The copy of the Daily Mirror was published five days after the sinking on 20 April 1912. Its front-page story depicts passengers' family members desperately waiting for the list of survivors for their loved ones in Southampton.
Charles Hanson, the owner of Hanson's Auctioneers, remarked that this newspaper find "reminds us of the many bereaved families and friends, heartbroken mothers, fathers and wives" affected by the tragedy.
Hanson described the newspaper as a "valuable piece of social history" in light of the heavy documentation and cultural representation of the Titanic disaster.
More than 1,500 people lost their lives after the liner struck an iceberg in the middle of the North Atlantic, a tragedy that profoundly affected families and communities in Southampton.
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