A gold watch found on the body of the richest passenger on the Titanic has been auctioned in the United Kingdom for 1.17 million British pounds ($1.46m) – a record sum paid for an object linked to the infamous 1912 shipping disaster.
The watch, engraved with the initials JJA after the United States-based business magnate John Jacob Astor, was sold on Saturday by the auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son.
A US buyer won the bidding war, exceeding – by more than 10 times – the auctioneers’ presale estimate of between 100,000-150,000 pounds ($126,000-189,500).
A used first class menu from the first night on the Titanic sold yesterday at British auction house Henry Aldridge & Son for $100,000.
A pocket watch found on second class passenger Sinai Kantor sold for $122,000. pic.twitter.com/ynF0UIt7I9
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) November 12, 2023
Astor was 47 when he died as the Titanicsank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, one of …
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