The last letter from Joseph to his son Frank Bell was sold yesterday, the 18th of October 2014 at Auction. The letter was sold at above the estimated price for the sum of £24000.00 GBP. The vendor and purchaser are unknown, but it is to be hoped that one day the letter will be available for all to see in a UK museum.
In addition many other items were sold at auction, including a First Class lunch menu from Titanic dated the 12th of April 1912, it was sold for the staggering sum of £60000.00 GBP. The menu had belonged to Elise Lurette, a French born maid who was a Titanic survivor.
Joseph Bell, Chief Engineer on the R.M.S. Titanic 