Recovered Titanic first-class menu sells at auction for $127,000
Artefacts from the 1912 Titanic voyage including a menu and a blanket have been sold at auction. Photo: AP
More than 111 years after the sinking of the Titanic, memorabilia from the luxury liner has been auctioned, including a menu for first-class diners.
The menu caused a particular stir; it is said to be the only surviving menu from April 11, 1912.
It features oysters as well as “tournados of beef a la Victoria”, lamb and mallard duck.
The menu shows signs of water damage, yet an anonymous bidder at the Henry Aldridge & Son auction house in London paid £66,000 ($127,000) for the artefact on Saturday.
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A first-class blanket, which was presumably carried by a survivor in the lifeboat and had been estimated to be worth up to £100,000 ($192,000), went for £76,000 ($146,000).
Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage to New York from Southampton in the south of England on April 10, 1912 with more than 2200 people on board.
After just a few days, the luxury liner, which was considered unsinkable, struck an iceberg and sank, killing more than 1500 people.
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