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Last lunch menu served on board the Titanic could fetch up to $US70,000 at auction
A rare surviving menu listing the last luncheon served aboard the ill-fated Titanic is estimated to fetch up to $US70,000 ($A100,640) when it is auctioned off at the end of September.
The menu survived the shipwreck in the pocket of a wealthy traveller.
The menu on the yellow, slightly crumpled piece of paper, lists lunch options such as "grilled mutton chops," "chicken a la Maryland" and "fillets of brill." It bears the fateful date April 14, 1912, the day when the famous ocean liner hit an iceberg on its way from Southampton, England, to New York.
An undated photo of the Titanic's last lunch menu, which is going to auction and is estimated to bring sell for up to $US70,000.Credit: AP
The menu was brought ashore by Abraham Lincoln Salomon, a first-class passenger who survived the tragedy in the controversial Lifeboat No. 1, also known as "the Money Boat." It launched with only 12 people - mainly rich passengers - despite its capacity for 40 people.
The menu will be sold during an online auction on September 30.
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