UNDATED (CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A gold watch worn by the wealthiest person aboard the iconic Titanic will go up for auction Saturday. John Jacob Astor IV's watch is among a number of historic items ...
A pocket watch owned by John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthiest Titanic passenger, was auctioned for £1.175 million, far exceeding the estimated £100,000-£150,000. Astor's watch, along with other ...
The timepiece was recovered from the body of John Jacob Astor, after he died in the sinking of the ship in the early hours of April 15, 1912. A prominent American businessman, real estate ...
LONDON - A gold watch found on the body of the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic was auctioned in England for £1.17 million (S$2 million) on April 27. It was a record sum for an object linked ...
The gold watch worn by the Titanic’s richest passenger, John Jacob Astor, has set an auction record as the most expensive item of Titanic memorabilia. A private collector in the U.S. paid $1.5 ...
Even before it sank, the RMS Titanic was a symbol of wealth and luxury. Today, it remains so, with many artifacts recovered from the wreckage the subject of bidding wars. On Saturday, a 14-carat ...
Andrew Aldridge, the auctioneer, described the prices fetched by these Titanic artifacts as "absolutely incredible", attributing the high demand to both their historical significance and the ...
A pocket watch that belonged to the wealthiest passenger aboard the Titanic was auctioned in England Saturday for $1.46 million (£1.17 million), breaking the record for an object linked to the ...
A gold pocket watch retrieved from the body of the Titanic's wealthiest passenger has been sold for a record-breaking £1.2 million (€1.4m) to a private collector in the US. The auction took ...
John Jacob Astor went down with the Titanic after seeing his wife Madeleine onto a lifeboat (Picture: PA/Getty) A gold pocket watch which was recovered from the body of the Titanic’s richest ...
(MENAFN- NewsIn) April 29 (BBC) – A gold pocket watch worn by the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic has sold for six times the asking price, fetching £900,000. The watch belonged to ...