The price was nearly 10 times the high estimate established by British auction house Aldridge & Son.
The watch was left ... Hammering for 1.175 million pounds, or nearly $1.5 million, it is now the most expensive piece of ephemera ever sold at auction from the R.M.S. Titanic, eclipsing even ...
A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, sold ...
A 14-carat timepiece belonging to John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthiest passenger aboard the ill-fated Titanic, sold for nearly ...
A gold watch worn by ... that documents the Titanic's scheduled voyages.The valise was sold for £360,000, while the violin itself was sold for £1.1 million (nearly $1.7 million at the time ...