{"id":82434,"date":"2023-11-12T15:32:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T15:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/remarkable-titanic-dinner-menu-for-first-class-passengers-sells-at-auction-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-12T15:32:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T15:32:36","slug":"remarkable-titanic-dinner-menu-for-first-class-passengers-sells-at-auction-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/remarkable-titanic-dinner-menu-for-first-class-passengers-sells-at-auction-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Remarkable’ Titanic dinner menu for first-class passengers sells at auction | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A menu for first-class passengers travelling on the Titanic has sold for more than \u00a380,000 at auction.<\/p>\n

The “remarkable” relic fetched \u00a384,000 at Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The menu, which shows signs of water damage, boasts a menu of oysters, beef, spring lamb and mallard duck.<\/p>\n

It was served on the evening of 11 April 1912 after the liner left Queenstown in Ireland.<\/p>\n

The Titanic<\/strong> <\/strong>struck an iceberg three days later – on the evening of 14 April – and sank the following day.<\/p>\n

The menu measures 6.25ins by 4.25ins and bears an embossed red White Star Line flag.<\/p>\n

It would have originally had gilt lettering with the initials OSNC (Ocean Steamship Navigation Company) alongside the lettering RMS Titanic.<\/p>\n

‘Remarkable survivor’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said: “The latter shows signs of water immersion having been partially erased, the reverse of the menu also clearly displays further evidence of this.<\/p>\n

“This would point to the menu having been subjected to the icy North Atlantic waters on the morning of 15 April, either having left the ship with a survivor who was exposed to those cold sea waters or recovered on the person of one of those lost.<\/p>\n

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“Having spoken to the leading collectors of Titanic memorabilia globally and consulted with numerous museums with Titanic collections, we can find no other surviving examples of a first-class 11 April dinner menu.<\/p>\n

“The menu is a remarkable survivor from the most famous ocean liner of all time.”<\/p>\n

Found in a photo album<\/strong><\/p>\n

The menu was found in a photo album from the 1960s by the daughter and son-in-law of late historian Len Stephenson.<\/p>\n

He was an expert on his hometown Dominion in Nova Scotia and collected and preserved many records.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong>
Digital scan of Titanic reveals wreck as never seen before<\/strong>
Rare footage shows ‘haunting’ dives to Titanic wreck<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 1,500 of the 2,208 passengers and crew on board the Titanic were killed when the liner sank.<\/p>\n

The ship was on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.<\/p>\n

First-class passengers included multi-millionaire John Jacob Astor, millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim, Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon and socialite Molly Brown.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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