A gold pocket watch presented to an unsung hero of the Titanic rescue mission 114 years ago is set to fetch $125,000 at auction. The luxury 18-carat gold timepiece was given to the engineer of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pocket watch that once belonged to a passenger on the Titanic will be available to purchase at the end of this month, ...

When the Titanic hit an iceberg in 1912, first-class passenger John Jacob Astor IV helped his pregnant wife into a lifeboat before going down with the ship. He was the wealthiest person on the doomed ...

In April of 2024, an American pocket watch owned by John Jacob Astor IV—who died when the Titanic sank in April 1912—hammered for nearly $1.5 million, making it the most expensive piece of ephemera ...

Sutton, a wealthy property developer, was traveling back to the U.S., where he lived, when the Titanic sank 114 years ago A gold watch recovered from a wealthy passenger who died on board the Titanic ...

A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorabilia from the shipwreck. The 18-carat ...

A gold wristwatch belonging to one of the ship’s richest passengers was sold alongside other artifacts, fetching millions at auction. A pocketwatch belonging to a Titanic passenger sold for millions ...

A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of one of the richest passengers on the Titanic has fetched a "record-breaking" £1.78m at auction. Isidor Straus and his wife Ida were among the more than 1 ...

A pocket watch that belonged to one of the most famous passengers of the Titanic is now up for auction at Henry Aldridge. The watch was given to Macy's magnate Isidor Straus in 1888, the same year he ...

A pocket watch that once belonged to a passenger on the Titanic will be available to purchase at the end of this month, potentially for as much as $66,000, according to the auction house where it will ...