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A gold pocket watch owned by Titanic's richest passenger sold at auction for around $1.5 million. The watch was owned by John Jacob Astor IV, a businessman who died when the ship sank in 1912. AdvertisementA gold pocket watch that belonged to the richest man on the Titanic has sold at auction for a record-breaking £1.175 million, which is roughly $1.5 million. Astor IV, who was 47 at the time the Titanic sank, helped his wife, Madeleine, onto a lifeboat and then smoked a last cigarette as the ship went down. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesThe RMS Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Persons: John Jacob Astor IV, , Henry Aldridge, Son's Instagram, Astor, Son, Astor IV, Madeleine, Wallace Hartley, Harland &, OceanGate Organizations: Titanic's, Service, Henry Aldridge & Son, Titanic, Getty, Harland, Harland & Wolff Locations: Devizes , Wiltshire, South West England, Belfast , Northern Ireland
Astor was one of around 1,500 people who died when the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 after hitting an iceberg. The violin itself was sold for $1.7 million via the same auction house in 2013 and is the highest-selling item from the ship ever. The valise belonging to Titanic bandmember and orchestra leader Wallace Hartley, which held the violin he played as the Titanic sank, is also for sale. The watch was among the personal effects found with Astor’s body after the Titanic sank, according to the auction house. In 1935, Vincent gave the watch as a christening gift to the infant son of William Dobbyn IV, John Jacob Astor’s executive secretary, according to the auction house.
Persons: John Jacob Astor IV, Astor, Madeleine, Henry Aldridge, bandmember, Wallace Hartley, Andrew Aldridge, Aldridge, Vincent Astor, Vincent, William Dobbyn IV, John Jacob Astor’s, ” Aldridge, John Jacob Astor IV’s cufflinks Organizations: CNN, Titanic, Henry Aldridge & Son, Son Locations: Wiltshire, England, United States
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