The Titanic Cracker Sold For $23,000 At Auction, Making It The Most Expensive Cracker In The World

BBC – A biscuit which had been aboard a lifeboat on the Titanic has sold at auction for £15,000. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the Spillers and Bakers Pilot cracker, from a survival kit in a 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 £21,000. The picture was taken by a steward on another ship which passed the iceberg. Mr Aldridge said they were among the most “collectible and iconic” Titanic items to be sold. The auction, at Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, also saw a “loving cup” presented to the captain of the Carpathia, which came to the Titanic’s aid, also sell for £129,000 to a UK collector. The biscuit was saved by James Fenwick, a passenger on the Carpathia which picked up Titanic survivors. He kept it in an envelope complete with original notation, “Pilot biscuit from Titanic lifeboat April 1912″. RMS Titanic had been four days into a week-long Transatlantic crossing from Southampton to New York when the supposedly “unsinkable” ship struck the iceberg on 14 April 1912.

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Wow, $23,000. Originally they thought it would go for about 18k, but it went for 23 large. “The world’s most valuable biscuit”. So when you think about it, it was quite a steal. It’s really, really hard to own the “world’s most valuable” anything. So even if it’s “just” a cracker, someone out there gets to say they own the world’s most expensive cracker, and that’s nothing to turn your nose up at. I’m beyond jealous of whomever purchased it. Not only does he get the world’s most valuable cracker, but also gets an important relic from the Titanic. I’d have that bad boy framed in a heartbeat. Wouldn’t want to risk eating it when I got high. But at the same time, it’s a pretty sick brag that you’ve eaten the world’s most expensive cracker. So kinda worth it (as long as you film it and put it on YouTube for those viral video Internet points).

PS: How cool is this? Might be time to take a vacation to Belfast.