When Astor’s body was recovered, it was accompanied by the trappings of an elite American life: gold and diamond cufflinks; a ...
A gold pocket watch that belonged to the Titanic’s wealthiest passenger has sold for almost $1.5 million, over seven times ...
The price was nearly 10 times the high estimate established by British auction house Aldridge & Son.
On April 15, 1912, John Jacob Astor IV, one of the world’s wealthiest men, helped his young, pregnant wife, Madeleine, into lifeboat No. 4 on the deck of the Titanic. Having asked whether he ...
The gold watch worn by the Titanic’s richest passenger, John Jacob Astor, has set an auction record as the most expensive item of Titanic memorabilia. A private collector in the U.S. paid $1.5 ...
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 £1.175 million ($1.485 million) at auction on ...
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 £1.175 million ($1.485 million) at auction on Saturday ...