A first-class menu and pocket watch from the voyage of the ill-fated RMS Titanic hit the auction block Friday.
The menu shows the meal eaten by first-class passengers on the evening of April 11, 1912, just three days before the ship's sinking, and the pocket watch belonged to a second-class passenger, according to a report.
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"This snapshot into dinner on the evening of April 11th illustrates the glamour and opulent culinary delights that Titanic's first-class passengers would have experienced," Andrew Aldridge of British auction house Henry Aldridge and Son Ltd. said of the menu.
"[The item] is a remarkable survivor from the most famous ocean liner of all time."
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Water damage has caused the menu to take on a different appearance than it originally had, but the writing appears to have only faded a little.
"This would point to the menu having been subjected to the icy North Atlantic waters on the morning of April 15th 1912 either having left the ship with a survivor who was exposed to those cold sea waters or recovered on the person of one of those lost," a description of the item reads.
Its rarity was bolstered after leading Titanic collectors stated it is the only surviving example of a first-class dinner menu from the evening of April 11, the report noted.
Items featured on the menu include "Creme D'Asperges," "Squab a la Godard," "Tournado of Beef a la Victoria," and "Mallard Duck" coupled with a wine sauce.
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The pocket watch belonged to 34-year-old Russian immigrant Sinai Kantor, according to the report.
Kantor was traveling with his 24-year-old wife, Miriam Kantor, who survived the incident and saw her late husband's watch returned to her after the Titanic's sinking.
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"It is a microcosm of time," Aldridge said. "When Mr. Kantor went into the cold North Atlantic on the morning of April 15, 1912, the watch stopped and became frozen in time. It's a unique piece of history."
"The watch's movement is heavily corroded as a result of immersion in salt water," according to the auction house. "The hands are nearly all deteriorated and the dial heavily stained."