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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

TITANTIC’S LUNCH MENU SELLS FOR $120,000

‘It’s a fascinating snapshot of life on board as a 1st-class passenger’

(BBC) — A menu of the last meal served to first-class passengers on board the Titanic has sold for £76,000.
It was among hundreds of items from the ship auctioned in Wiltshire ahead of the 100th anniversary of its sinking in the Atlantic Ocean.

The menu was dated 14 April 1912, the day the cruiser hit an iceberg and sank, killing 1,522 people.
It featured several courses, such as eggs Argenteuil, consomme fermier and chicken a la Maryland.

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