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It may not be Rose’s (fictional) blue diamond, but a gold pocket watch found in the wreckage of the Titanic sold for £1.175 million (about $1.5 million) at an

UK News: The winning bid, placed by an American buyer, far surpassed the auctioneer's initial estimate, which ranged between £100,000 and £150,000. The watch,

A pocket watch that belonged to the wealthiest passenger aboard RMS Titanic sold for £1,175 million (€1,38 million, US$1,46 million) at an auction on Saturday, smashing a pre-sale estimate. Henry Aldridge & Son, the auction house, had anticipated it would sell for between £100,000/£150,000.

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 US buyer won the bidding war, smashing the auctioneer's pre-sale estimate of between £100,000 and £150,000. The watch, engraved with the initials JJA, belonged to the US business magnate John Jacob Astor.

The watch, engraved with the initials JJA, belonged to the US business magnate John Jacob Astor. | World News

UK News: 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-

A gold watch found on the body of the richest passenger on the doomed Titanic has been auctioned for R27.8 million.

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 14-carat gold pocket watch owned by the Titanic's wealthiest passenger has sold for a record-breaking amount. Expected to bring about one-tenth of the winning bid, the watch...