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A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the richest man who died on the Titanic has gone up for auction.. John Jacob Astor, 47, was the wealthiest man aboard the ship and would have been a ...
The pocket watch of the richest man on the Titanic – recovered when his body was fished out of the Atlantic seven days after the tragedy – was sold a record-breaking £1.175 million yesterday.
Astor was not just the richest man on the Titanic but widely believed to be the richest man in the world at the time of his death. He was worth an estimated $150 million, or $4.5 billion in today ...
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 ...
A 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.
The Richest Man On The Titanic Met A Dark End. Posted: 15 May 2025 | Last updated: 15 May 2025. Born into one of the wealthiest families of the Gilded Age, John Jacob Astor IV got dealt the best ...
Madeleine and John Jacob Astor IV, considered among the richest man in the world during the Gilded Age, departing from the Astor mansion in New York in 1911. The Palm Beach connection ...
(CNN) — A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, will go up for sale at an auction of memorabilia from the doomed ship.
A gold pocket watch that was recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic has been sold for a record-breaking £1.175m. The watch was sold to a private collector in the US at Henry ...