A Watch Found on the 'Titanic' Just Sold for Nearly $1.5 Million
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On April 15, 1912, John Jacob Astor IV, one of the world’s wealthiest men, helped his young, pregnant wife, Madeleine, into lifeboat No. 4 on the deck of the Titanic. Having asked whether he could board with her, he was told that only women and children were allowed. Astor is said to have calmly kissed his wife, handed her his gloves, and retreated to the deck to smoke a cigarette with American journalist and mystery writer Jaqcues Futrelle. The ship sank at 2:20 a.m. When Astor’s body was...

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