Menu From Titanic’s Last Lunch Is Going to Auction

Titanic's last lunch menu.

It could bring in as much as $70,000

A menu of the last lunch offered on the Titanic, which was saved by a passenger on a rescue boat, is going to auction, where it is expected to bring in $50,000 to $70,000.

The menu, which was saved by passenger Abraham Lincoln Salomon, listed items including corned beef and dumplings, the Associated Press reports. The menu is signed on the back by another passenger named Isaac Gerald Frauenthal. It’s believed the two first-class men had lunch together on that day.

Salomon was on a lifeboat that was known as the “Money Boat” in the press, based on allegations that the passengers bribed crew members to row away to safety rather than go back and save others.

On Sept. 30, auctioneer Lion Heart Autographs is offering the menu and other artifacts from the lifeboat. The objects being auctioned are from the son of a man who was given them by a direct descendent of one of the survivors.

Collection Of Supercars Just Set Auction Records

The top 5 performing cars on the auction floor sold for $44m.

A private collection “of the greatest and most iconic European modern supercars” brought in $67m at the RM Sotheby’s auto auction Thursday in Monterey, California. The sales proved to be the greatest private collection sold in a one-day auction ever.

The pinnacle collection, as Sotheby’s writes, is “simply put, a rare collection of automotive distinction.” The 25 vehicles put up for auction included Lamborghini’s, Ferraris, Porches, Bugatti’s, and many more top-tier supercars.

The top 5 performing cars on the auction floor of the pinnacle collection sold for $44m including iconic cars such as the 1964 Ferrari 250 LM, 1998 McLaren F1 ‘LM-Specification,’ 2005 Ferrari Enzo, 1994 Ferrari F40 LM, and a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4.

The 1964 Ferrari 250 LM led the race, however, scoring a record-setting$17.6m sale. The Pope John Paul II Ferrari sold for $6.1m, as well–that’s right, the Pope owned a 2005 Ferrari Enzo, and not only that, but it was the 400th and final Enzo built.

“Bonhams set the previous record for the category last year at $66 million in a sale that included a $38.1 million Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta, the highest price ever for a car sold publicly,” notes Bloomberg Business.