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Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Titanic's last menu goes for auction more than a century after it sank

More than a century after the luxury cruise liner sank in the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, the ship’s last luncheon menu is going up for auction.

According to a report by Reuters, the curator said on Monday that it is expected to fetch up to $70,000. The luncheon menu will be auctioned on September 30 by Invaluable, a live online auction house, along with a letter written by one of the ship’s survivors and a ticket from the Titanic’s Turkish baths weighing chair, used to measure a person’s weight.

Tuesday, September 1 marks 30 years since the wreckage of the ship, which had been dubbed unsinkable, was discovered on the ocean floor by a team of researchers.
"This is not an anonymous artifact from an anonymous survivor," said David Lowenherz, owner of Lion Heart Autographs, the rare manuscripts dealer behind the auction. "There’s such a story behind the history of the boat and the people who were in it and how their lives were affected by the event," he added.
The menu was saved by first-class passenger Abraham Lincoln Salomon and is signed on the back by Isaac Gerald Frauenthal, a passenger from New York who likely had eaten lunch with Salomon that day. Stamped with a date of April 14, 1912, and the White Star Line logo, the menu also included corned beef; mashed, fried and baked jacket potatoes; a buffet of fish, ham and beef; an apple meringue pastry; and a selection of eight cheeses.

Source: Reuters

62 comments:

aproko manager said...

Hmmmmmmmm

Unknown said...

Copy

Unknown said...

Ummmmm na them sabi o!





Auntie linda......

Unknown said...

Seen.


















#sad indeed

Unknown said...

Seen.


















#sad indeed

Unknown said...

That is antiquity. I trust oyinbo to treasure things like this.












#TeamBlessed#

Unknown said...

That is antiquity. I trust oyinbo to treasure things like this.












#TeamBlessed#

Blog It With Olivia said...

Ok








#It WiLL OnLy GeT bEttER
#it MusT eNd iN pRaiSE

Eze said...

Nawa ooooo, so if u buy the menu of wot use will it be........this ppl eh

Unknown said...

Hmmmmmm!

Unknown said...

Hmmmmmm!

Unknown said...

They'll definitely reach their target....

Unknown said...

Abeg person wey buy am wetin e go take am do? I don't understand this oyinbo people at times

Unknown said...

Very funny a piece of paper for 70k hahahahaha

Anonymous said...

Lol and smome will buy dat for even 100kdollars Crap! Titanic menu so??

Unknown said...

So how exactly does this save d world or contribute to National development?

It Is Well said...

I03 years and not 30 years

Davido's driver said...

Stale

Unknown said...

Hmmmmm,,,,,nawa ooooooo......oyibo ppl sef,,,,





















***odikwa risky nd tyt***

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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Ordinary menu that price... Am i mad neh..
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

ary said...

wow this is very awe-inspiring! Like that menu has got to be a million years old and it is still in pristine condition! Nigeria cannot even find PMB's cert.

Unknown said...

Dis whyte pple sha














Lib freak

Unknown said...

After more than a century and someone will buy. Is the menu food?

MY GARDEN EGG STEW RECIPE

Unknown said...

Dis whyte pple sha














Lib freak

dapgbemis said...

Ok

STERN said...
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Anonymous said...

What's it's importance?
~D great anonymous!

Unknown said...

...And Oyibo will be scampering for this #Epic

Onomiroro Dono Okeh said...

Aww! That'll be some auction I'd say.

Have you heard a 5years old boy talk about having slept with more than one girl in his class?

Child Sex Education: Why Should Parents Bother when it is an In-built Instinct in Man?

Relationship Series 2: When the Heart is Kept in a Safe.

Raped at Gunpoint.

Unknown said...

Wow!

1912... I bet no one born then is still alive.
Nice one frm them and really historical.

Onomiroro Dono Okeh said...

Aww! That'll be some auction I'd say.

Have you heard a 5years old boy talk about having slept with more than one girl in his class?

Child Sex Education: Why Should Parents Bother when it is an In-built Instinct in Man?

Relationship Series 2: When the Heart is Kept in a Safe.

Raped at Gunpoint.

Unknown said...

For window blinds, wallpaper and curtains please call 08160856785.

Unknown said...

Wow cool

Anonymous said...

i heard they didnt let black people on the titanic. im glad the ship sank

Unknown said...

What won't they auction????

Unknown said...

enh enh ok its gud tho

Mihearty said...

Okay

Unknown said...

Wow! Nice and historical...

Unknown said...

Wow! Nice and historical...

Unknown said...

Wow! Nice and historical...

Unknown said...

Supportd

Anonymous said...

Abi o

I B M bolubantin said...

These oyinbo people sef

Isiokpupu nwarigbo said...

Food of Death. Eat and die

Hembafan said...

Re read it. It says that it has been 103 yrs since it sunk. It further says, it been 30 years since the discovery of the wreck.
It is well

Anonymous said...

Linda 30yrs kwa

Anonymous said...

Yummy menu

Unknown said...

Wetin dem go use the menu do after purchase??? Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Wetin dem go use the menu do after purchase??? Linda take note!

Unknown said...

D menu wan bring d pple may die for d ship back?


*cute bree*

Unknown said...

Interested persons. Should subscribe

Unknown said...

I dey madt. Oyibo and relics

Unknown said...

Amazingly sweet!

Unknown said...

Chai any1 who's going to buy it must. B mad
Wetin dem wan carry am do!?

Aunty linda biko

Unknown said...

I'm feeling very hungry

Juleslouis said...

My thoughts exactly!

Unknown said...

It's not crap! Very foolish comment. That is why Nigeria can not trace the truth behind 1967 Biafra war. They can trace there history that's why they can avoid some mistakes. A nation with no history is like no nation at all

prisbabe said...

Linda, 30 years is wrong, it is 103 year.

Princess Charming said...

30 years since wreckage was found

Unknown said...

Ode

Anonymous said...

You sabi read so?

Anonymous said...

Menu for the last supper...

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