The price was nearly 10 times the high estimate established by British auction house Aldridge & Son.

(IDEX Online) - A crypto-millionaire from the US has reportedly paid a record $1.5m for a gold pocket watch recovered from ...

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John Jacob Astor IV and his wife Madeline The watch is a 14kt, 17 jewel Waltham pocket watch with JJA engraved on the case ...

A gold pocket watch ... by the Titanic memorabilia at the sale were “absolutely incredible”. He said: “They reflect not only the importance of the artefacts themselves and their rarity but they also ...

Gruhn just paid $1.5 million for a 14-karat gold watch that belonged to doomed Titanic passenger John Jacob Astor IV ... And according to Andrew Aldridge of Henry Aldridge Auctions, the watch still ...

Before the auction, the watch had been expected to get between £100,000 and £150,000. John Astor was 47 when he died. One of his last recorded acts was helping his wife onto a lifeboat. Astor, a ...

A gold pocket watch that was recovered ... appeal and fascination with the Titanic story. "112 years later, we are still talking about the ship and the passengers and the crew.

A gold pocket watch retrieved from the Titanic's wealthiest passenger recently fetched an astonishing 1.175 million pounds ($1.48 million) at auction, setting a new record. The watch was sold on ...

At an auction event in England, a gold watch once owned by John Jacob Astor, the wealthiest passenger aboard the Titanic, has fetched an astonishing £1.17 million ($1.46 million). The auction, ...