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world2 years ago

"Titanic's First-Class Menu and Victim's Pocket Watch Fetch Over $100,000 Each at Auction"

A rare menu from the Titanic's first-class restaurant, dated April 11, 1912, sold at auction for £83,000 ($101,600), along with a pocket watch belonging to a victim of the disaster, which sold for £97,000 ($118,700). A deck blanket from the Titanic also sold for £96,000 ($117,500). The items were part of a collection of transportation memorabilia auctioned in the U.K.

world2 years ago

"Titanic's First-Class Menu and Victim's Pocket Watch Head to Auction, Offering a Glimpse into Life Aboard the Ill-Fated Ship"

A rare menu from the Titanic's first-class restaurant, showing what the passengers ate three days before the ship sank, is going up for auction along with a pocket watch owned by a Russian immigrant who died in the disaster. The menu, which has sustained water damage, is estimated to sell for 60,000 pounds ($73,800), while the pocket watch is expected to fetch at least 50,000 pounds ($61,500).