A menu of the last meal served to first-class passengers on board the Titanic has sold at auction for £76,000.  The menu was dated April 14, 1912 and featured several courses, such as eggs Argenteuil, consomme fermier and chicken a la Maryland.

Last Titanic menu fetches £76,000

The menu was on the table of the first-class passenger Dr Washington Dodge, a prominent banker from San Francisco who was with his wife and son. The letter had been in Ruth Dodge’s purse when she escaped on board a lifeboat. She and her son survived the tragedy.

Other items sold at the auction included a set of keys for the storeroom where the ship’s lifeboat lanterns were kept. The keys, which were used by crewman Samuel Hemming, sold for £59,000 to an American collector.

Thanks to Alaric Bond for passing the article along.