Mao Zedong-Signed Menu from 1956 State Banquet Auctioned for $275,000

The banquet, marking the first state visit to China by Pakistan's Prime Minister, featured delicacies such as 'Consommé of Swallow Nest and White Agaric,' 'Shark’s Fin in Brown Sauce,' and 'Roast Peking Duck

A menu signed by Mao Zedong and other Chinese officials from a 1956 state banquet was sold for $275,000.
The banquet marked the first state visit to China by Pakistan's Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy.
The menu featured delicacies such as 'Consommé of Swallow Nest and White Agaric,' 'Shark’s Fin in Brown Sauce,' and 'Roast Peking Duck.'
The menu was signed in fountain pen by six influential Chinese statesmen, including Mao and Premier Zhou Enlai.
The auction also included other items such as a fully operational World War II-era Enigma coding machine, a Thomas Edison-signed document for a light bulb patent, and a check signed by Steve Jobs to Radio Shack.