Rare Titanic First-Class Menu and Victim's Pocket Watch Set To Auction

Auctioned artifacts include the only surviving example of a first-class dinner menu from the night of April 11 and a pocket watch owned by Sinai Kantor, a Russian immigrant and Titanic victim; items expected to collectively fetch over $180,000.

The auction on November 11 by U.K.-based auction house Henry Aldridge and Son Ltd features two rare Titanic artifacts: a first-class dinner menu from April 11, 1912 and a pocket watch belonging to a Titanic victim, Sinai Kantor.
The auctioned menu from the Titanic is reportedly the only surviving example from that date and showcases the luxurious food offerings available to the first-class passengers.
The menu has signs of water damage, suggesting it was either carried by a survivor or retrieved from a victim. Noteworthy guests served by this menu likely include John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, Cosmo Duff Gordon, and the 'Unsinkable' Molly Brown.
The pocket watch that belonged to Sinai Kantor, a Russian immigrant and victim of the Titanic disaster, features Hebrew numerals and an embossed design of Moses with the Ten Commandments. Kantor's belongings were returned to his wife, who survived the ship's sinking.
Initial bids for the menu and the watch are set at £30,000 each, but they are expected to sell for over $85,000 and $97,000, respectively.