AN EXTREMELY rare suitcase that belonged to the last survivor of the Titanic has emerged for sale 105 years later.

Millvina Dean’s mother Georgette Eva was given the case full of clothes after she and her two children arrived in New York with no possessions after the disaster.

Millvina’s father, Bertram, was one of the 1,522 people who died in the sinking.

Millvina, who died aged 97 in 2009 in Ashurst, continued to own the wicker-covered case throughout her life and even used it when she went away on trips.

She decided to part with it less than a year before she died when she was forced to sell much of her Titanic-related possessions to pay for care costs.

It was bought by a private collector who is selling it on today at Henry Aldridge & Son Auctioneers, of Devizes with a pre-sale estimate of £8,000.

It is being sold alongside a letter of authenticity signed letter by Millvina, who was just two-months-old at the time of the disaster.

Andrew Aldridge, of Henry Aldridge and Son, said: “This is a suitcase with incredible provenance.

“It bears testament to the generosity of the people of New York to the survivors of the Titanic and represents a truly unique piece of Titanic history.”

As previously reported by the Echo, today’s auction also includes last-known letter written by a victim of the disaster.

The note on embossed Titanic stationery was written by first-class passenger Alexander Oskar Holverson on April 13 1912, the day before the liner sank. It is expected to sell for between £60,000 and £80,000.

Also going under the hammer are a set of rusty keys for a locker on the Titanic that belonged to a 18-year-old cabin steward Sidney Daniels which are expected to fetch £60,000.

He died in 1983 in Portsmouth aged 89 and was the last surviving crew member of the Titanic.

The keys were for lockers on F Deck where third class passengers resided.

After helping passengers into lifeboats, Mr Daniels survived by hauling himself onto an upturned collapsible lifeboat. He was rescued four hours later by the RMS Carpathia, the first ship to reach the scene.