Menu from Titanic

Menu with the passenger liner "Titanic" sank in 1912, sold on Saturday, the British auction house Henry Aldridge & Sons in 76 thousand pounds. The menu, dated 14 April 1912, ie the last day of the liner, first class passengers are offered a choice of over 40 dishes. The document is preserved, as it brought with her in her purse, one of the passengers had escaped. For the keys to the room in which the lights were kept for lifeboats rescued 59 thousand pounds. In addition, the auction sold a few letters written by members of the team of "Titanic." Total for auction about 370 different items related to the history of the sunken ship. April 1 in New York, to be held another auction for the sale associated with "Titanic" items. It was reported that a collection of over 5500 different items and is valued at 189 million dollars. According to the court, the entire collection will be sold as a single lot. Recall "Titanic" crashed when doing his first flight and collided with an iceberg. From 2224 people on board died 1522. See also: Underwater card grave "Titanic." The director of "Titanic" made a single dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The collapse of the liner "Costa Concordia".

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