Gold pocket watch belonging to Titanic’s richest passenger sells for £1,175,000
John Jacob Astor went down with the Titanic after seeing his wife Madeleine onto a lifeboat (Picture: PA/Getty)
A gold pocket watch which was recovered from the body of the Titanic’s richest passenger has sold for a record-breaking sum at auction.
John Jacob Astor died when the Titanic sank in 1912, after ensuring his wife Madeleine got onto a lifeboat safely.
He went down with the ship and was last seen smoking a cigarette and smoking with a fellow passenger before his death.
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