“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 ...
Henry Aldridge& Son, the auction house that sold the watch, had predicted it would sell for between £100,000 and £150,000..
A gold pocket watch recovered along with the body of John Jacob Astor, the richest passenger on the Titanic, is up for ...
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 golden watch belonging to the Titanic's richest passenger and a violin bag belonging to the bandmaster have gone under the ...
At a memorabilia auction of the sinking Titanic, a gold watch owned by John Jacob Astor IV, the richest man on board and a ...
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 doomed ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...