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Cracker From the Titanic Sells for $23,000 at Auction

By Administrator · On November 5, 2015
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the Spillers and Bakers Pilot cracker, from a survival kit in a Titanic lifeboat, was “the world’s most valuable biscuit”. It was bought by a collector in Greece. A photograph purporting to show the iceberg that sank the ill-fated liner sold at the same auction for $32,000. The picture was taken by a steward on another ship which passed the iceberg. Read More

 

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