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Gold pocket watch owned by wealthiest Titanic passenger up for auction
“Astor is well known as the richest passenger aboard the R.M.S. Titanic and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time, with a net worth of roughly $87 million (equivalent to several billion dollars today),” according to Henry Aldridge & Son.
Titanic passenger's gold watch auctioned for record price
Henry Aldridge& Son, the auction house that sold the watch, had predicted it would sell for between £100,000 and £150,000.. The watch, engraved with the initials JJA, was found with Astor's body when it was recovered several days after the Titanic sank in April 1912.
Gold watch of richest Titanic passenger sells for $1.46 million
A gold pocket watch recovered along with the body of John Jacob Astor, the richest passenger on the Titanic, is up for auction.
Gold pocket watch owned by the richest man on the Titanic, who died when the ship sank, fetches record $1.5 million
The watch was owned by John Jacob Astor IV, a businessman who died when the Titanic sank in 1912.
Gold watch worn by richest Titanic passenger sets new record at auction
A gold watch worn by the richest man aboard the Titanic sold for a record-breaking $1.5 million at an auction in England on Saturday.
Titanic's richest passenger's gold watch up for auction
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 up for bid.Astor was among
Gold pocket watch recovered from Titanic’s wealthiest passenger sells for nearly $1.5M
A 14-carat timepiece belonging to John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthiest passenger aboard the ill-fated Titanic, sold for nearly $1.5 million at auction.
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Titanic's richest passenger's gold watch to be auctioned off
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 ...
Watch belonging to Titanic's richest passenger and violin case belonging to ship's bandmaster sold at auction
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Gold watch worn by richest passenger aboard Titanic to be sold at auction
NEW YORK — A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, will go up for sale at an auction of memorabilia from the ...
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Titanic passenger's gold watch auctioned for record price
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 ...
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Titanic passenger's gold watch auctioned for record price
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 ...