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A gold pocket watch worn by the richest passenger aboard the Titanic when the ill-fated ocean liner sank was sold at auction on Saturday for a record-breaking sum of nearly $1.5 million.
A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, sold for a record-breaking US$1.485 million at auction on Saturday.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — A gold pocket watch that was recovered from the body of the richest man on board the ill-fated Titanic, has been auctioned for a record-breaking £1.2m...
The enduring appeal of story of RMS Titanic continues to fascinate people more than a century on — as illustrated with the record breaking sale…
The timepiece belonged to John Jacob Astor IV, a US business magnate who was among more than 1,500 people who died when the ship struck an iceberg in the early hours of April 15, 1912.