DEVIZES, England, Oct. 26 (UPI) — A cracker that survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 sold for about $23,000 at a British auction, earning it the title of “world’s most valuable biscuit.”
The Spillers and Bakers Pilot cracker, which originated from a survival kit aboard a Titanic lifeboat, was sold for $23,000 to a Greek collector by the Henry Aldridge & Son auction house in Devizes, England.
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the cracker earned the nickname of “the world’s most valuable biscuit.”
The auction also featured a photo of the iceberg that sank the ocean liner — taken aboard a boat that passed the site hours after the Titanic’s sinking — selling for about $32,250.
The auctioneers said the cracker was saved by James Fenwick, a passenger on the Carpathia, a ship that picked up survivors from the Titanic’s sinking.
Fenwick saved the cracker in an envelope with a notation reading, “Pilot biscuit from Titanic lifeboat April 1912.”
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