In a significant event, hundreds of artefacts from the RMS Titanic, which sank 111 years ago, will soon be put up for auction.
Among the notable items is a first-class dinner menu from April 11, 1912, believed to be the only one in existence. It is anticipated to fetch between £50,000 and £70,000. The menu, showing signs of water damage, lists dishes like oysters, tornados of beef, spring lamb, and mallard duck.
Another remarkable piece is a first-class White Star Line deck blanket, expected to sell for £70,000 to £100,000. This blanket is believed to have accompanied a Titanic survivor to New York on the rescue ship RMS Carpathia.
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Additionally, a pocket watch recovered from the body of second-class passenger Sinai Kantor, who was rescued during the recovery operation, will also be auctioned, with an estimated value of £50,000 to £80,000.
A faded broadside poster advertising third-class tariffs for the Titanic’s ill-fated voyage is also on the auction list. White Star Line reportedly tried to destroy as many of these posters as possible after the ship’s sinking, making the surviving examples extremely rare. The auction is set to occur on November 11 at Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd in Devizes, Wiltshire.
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