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Gold pocket watch recovered from Titanic’s wealthiest passenger sells for nearly $1.5M
A gold pocket watch worn by the richest passenger aboard the Titanic when the ill-fated ocean liner sank was sold at auction on Saturday for a record-breaking sum of nearly $1.5 million. The timepiece belonged to John Jacob Astor IV, a New York business magnate and real estate developer, and was expected to sell for about $189,000 at auction, according to auction house Henry Aldridge and Son in Wiltshire, England. The watch’s casing is engraved with Astor’s initials "JJA." The 14-carat heirloom,...
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Auction house hits back in row over sale of gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic for £1million
The timepiece belonged to John Jacob Astor IV, a US business magnate who was among more than 1,500 people who died when the ship struck an iceberg in the early hours of April 15, 19772.
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Gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic who went down with the doomed ship after seeing his pregnant wife into a lifeboat sells for more than £1MILLION
The timepiece belonged to John Jacob Astor IV, a US business magnate who was among more than 1,500 people who died when the ship struck an iceberg in the early hours of April 15, 1912.