A Lunch Menu Recovered From The Titanic Could Fetch $70,000 At Auction

Titanic Lunch Menu

The sinking of the Titanic is remembered as one of the most significant naval tragedies in history, and collectors may have the opportunity to get their hands on one of the ships last lunch menus. The luncheon menu was originally kept by a passenger by the name of Abraham Lincoln Salomon when he escaped on a lifeboat during the fateful day when the ship went down. It has been well preserved over the years, and it’s headed to auction where experts believe that it could sell for upwards of $70,000 dollars.

The RMS Titanic was completed back in 1912, and it was praised by many as an engineering marvel as it was one of the largest passenger ships of the time. Still as impressive as it was, the entire project was extremely expensive. The ship departed on its maiden voyage on April 10th but on the morning of April 15th the ship hit an iceberg and tragically sunk, taking with her the lives of some 1,500 passengers. This lunch menu was the last lunch menu ever used on the ship, as the date indicates, which is why it is so valuable. Historians believe that only two to three others are out there in the world, and this menu could easily fetch somewhere between $50,000 to $70,000 dollars.

The menu will be sold alongside a number of other historical artifacts from the Titanic in an auction held by Invaluable, an online auction house, come September 30th. All of the Titanic related artifacts can be traced to passengers who were lucky enough to board Lifeboat Number 1, otherwise known as the “money boat”. As many know, the reason the sinking of the Titanic was so tragic was because the ship did not have enough life boats for everyone. Lifeboat Number 1 was one of the few lifeboats that made it out okay, and it carried some of the richest passengers on board the ship. The legend goes that the wealthy passengers of this lifeboat paid the crew members to leave immediately and ignore others that needed help at the time, even though there was more room on the boat. Regardless, it was this boat that transported some of these artifacts from the Titanic and the few others that will also be auctioned off come September. While that $70,000 dollar estimate may seem high, given the historical significance of the menu, I think it would be safe to assume that it will sell for that much.

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Written by Sebastian Hensiek

From Philadelphia, Sebastian is a fan of music, writing, art, and entertainment.