The home is named as such because John Jacob Astor IV founded the original St. Regis Hotel in 1904. MORE: The New School Cuts Price on Manhattan Townhouse in Half Construction on the 55-acre ...

The item belonged to Ernest Tomlin and is part of a remarkable unseen archive of documents relating to him and the Titanic ...

It was found among the possessions of Danish passenger Hans Christensen Givard, 27, who was one of 1,517 who died when the ...

April last year, bidding, which started at £60,000, on a 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch worn by the richest man aboard the Titanic, John Jacob Astor IV, far exceeded expectations when it sold ...

The richest man aboard was John Jacob Astor IV, widely believed to have been the richest man in the world at the time of his death. Astor was not just the richest man on the Titanic but widely ...

Bachrach/Getty ImagesWhat do you think of when you hear the phrase “old money?” Often, the term refers to families who have ...

In a previous sale, the same auction house sold a pocket watch recovered from John Jacob Astor, the wealthiest man on board the Titanic, for GBP 900,000 (₹9.4 crore INR). Though less opulent ...

Overall, the building has 12 floors and 48-units. Once upon a time, the site was owned by John Jacob Astor, whose son, William Waldorf, sold to Bing & Bing Realty, the agency behind some of the ...

In that case, the 14-carat object belonged to the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic, John Jacob Astor, whose net worth was around $87 million when the disaster happened in 1912, according to the ...