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 ...
A pocket watch that belonged to the wealthiest passenger aboard the Titanic sold for £1,175 million (€1,38 million, $1,46 million) at auction Saturday, smashing a pre-sale estimate. Henry ...
A gold watch belonging to John Jacob Astor, the wealthiest passenger aboard the Titanic, was auctioned off for a record-breaking £1.17 million ($1.46 million) in England on April 28, 2024. The ...
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 watch found on the body of the richest passenger on the Titanic was auctioned in England for £1.17 million ($1.46 million) on Saturday. It was a record sum for an object linked to the notorious ...
A gold pocket watch worn by the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic has sold for six times the asking price, fetching £900,000. The watch belonged to businessman John Jacob Astor and was estimated to ...
A gold pocket watch that was recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic will be auctioned on Saturday. John Jacob Astor, 47, went down with the ship in 1912 after helping his wife on to ...
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, bearing the engraved initials "JJA," once belonged ...