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10 giorni fa Titanic menu, JFK limo plates sold in Texas auction By <br> Published: 16:56 EDT, 7 November 2015 | Updated: 16:56 EDT, 7 November 2015 <br> </a> var googletag = googletag || {};<br>googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];<br><br>googletag.cmd.push(function()<br>googletag<br>.defineSlot('/' + adverts.config.dfp.networkCode + '/dm.dailymailtvhouse', [638, 92], 'para_top')<br>.setTargeting('pos', 'para_top')<br>.setCollapseEmptyDiv(true, false)<br>.addService(googletag.pubads());<br><br>googletag.display('para_top');<br>); <br>By Marice Richter<br><br>DALLAS, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A menu the last dinner served to first-class passengers aboard the doomed Titanic before the luxury ocean liner sank in 1912 fetched $118,750 at auction on Saturday.<br><br>Meanwhile, a pair of license plates from the limousine that drove President John F. Kennedy through downtown Dallas when he was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, sold for $100,000.<br><br>The Titanic menu was among a rare collection of surviving items from the sunken ship that were up for bid at Dallas-based Heritage Auctions' sale of political and Americana memorabilia.<br><br>Both the menu and the license plates were sold to collectors who requested anonymity.<br><br>Auction house officials said the Titanic item was the only known menu in existence from the April 14, 1912, dinner, where well-to-do passengers were served oysters, filet mignon, roast duckling and other delicacies, [https://jetblacktransportation.com/blog/eco-friendly-car-service-from-newark-to-jfk-in-2026-why-green-transfers-beat-the-chaos-every-single-time/02052026 JetBlack] topped off with Waldorf pudding and peaches in chartreuse jelly.<br><br>An anonymous collector put the menu up for auction.<br><br>Five businessmen wrote their addresses on it while sharing a dinner table the night before the ship sank. Four of the five survived the disaster, according to the auction house.<br><br>The Titanic foundered in the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg during its maiden voyage Southampton, England, to New York. Some 1,500 people lost their lives.<br><br>A recently discovered distress telegram that Western Union sent to the Titanic's owner in New York failed to sell.<br><br>"Sinking fast - come to our assistance," read the message, which the company said never arrived.<br><br>The license plates from Kennedy's limousine had been tossed in the trash at a Cincinnati company that retrofitted the vehicle after the assassination. Company owner Willard Hess retrieved them and stored them between two books on a shelf.<br><br>Hess' daughter, Jane Walker, inherited the plates and kept them in a kitchen drawer for decades.<br><br>"I was aware of their significance," said Walker, who offered the plates for auction. "On occasion, I would take them out and show to friends." (Editing by Karen Brooks and Lisa Von Ahn)<br><br><br><br>In case you have any kind of inquiries concerning in which and also tips on how to utilize , you can call us in our own website.