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.
When Astor’s body was recovered, it was accompanied by the trappings of an elite American life: gold and diamond cufflinks; a ...
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 ...
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 ...