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