Its auction price for the watch worn by the richest man aboard the Titanic, is the highest amount ever paid for a single item from the doomed liner. A pocket watch that belonged to the wealthiest ...
Its auction price for the watch worn by the richest man aboard the Titanic, is the highest amount ever paid for a single item ...
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 ...
Other notable items in the auction included the valise holding the band leader's violin and a pocketbook documenting 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 ...
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 ...
The watch, engraved with the initials JJA, was found with John Jacob Astor IV's body when it was recovered several days after the Titanic sank in April 1912. (Source: Instagram) A pocket watch that ...
A gold pocket watch found on the Titanic’s wealthiest passenger will be auctioned. John Jacob Astor, 47, was last seen on the sinking ship, smoking and chatting. Recovered a week later, his body had ...
At a memorabilia auction of the sinking Titanic, a gold watch owned by John Jacob Astor IV, the richest man on board and a member of the Astor family, would be put up for bids. Astor was among the ...
A gold pocket watch that belonged to the Titanic’s wealthiest passenger has sold for almost $1.5 million, over seven times more than what it was predicted to sell. The watch, which belonged to ...
Gold watch worn by richest passenger aboard Titanic sells for $1.1 million John Jacob Astor IV was among 1,500 people killed when Titanic sank Previous highest amount paid for Titanic artefact was for ...