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Two rare Titanic menus bring major world records at auction

By treasures | On 27/11/2012 | Auction News

Titanic's menu


Paul Fraser Collectibles

Two rare menus from the Titanic have sold at the head of an auction dedicated to the ill-fated ship's memorabilia, which took place in the UK on Saturday (November 24).

The first of the menus was for a first class lunch held on the Titanic's maiden voyage, and sold for £64,000 ($102,500).

The second, which came from a VIP meal held in Belfast to mark the launch of the liner, achieved £36,000 ($57,631).

Dated April 10, 1912, the menu for the first class lunch - which featured hodge podge, lobster and ox tongue - was taken as a memento by passengers Richard and Stanley May.

The fishmonger brothers travelled with first class tickets and used the Titanic to cross the Irish Sea, departing as the ship called at Queenstown in Ireland.

The price achieved was the highest ever seen for a menu of that date. In April, a first class menu from the last lunch ever eaten aboard the Titanic, on April 14, sold for £76,000 ($121,634), almost 100 years to the day since the Titanic sank off the coast of Newfoundland.

The second menu sold in the auction was for an exclusive VIP meal held on May 31, 1912, which was given as the ship launched in Belfast.

The illustrious guests, who would have watched as the Titanic first took to the water, were presented with a luxury selection of fois gras, turtle soup and champagne at the city's Grand Hotel.


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