The Watch of the Richest Man on the Titanic Broke a Record at Auction

Perhaps the most famous maritime accident in human history. Titanic The items recovered from the shipwreck after the accident have been finding buyers at auctions for a long time. Finally, the gold pocket watch belonging to John Jacob Astor IV, the richest person on the Titanic, was sold at auction. An unnamed buyer bought this watch. exactly 1.5 million dollars paid.

In the statement made by the auction house Henry Aldridge & Son, “Thank you to all our customers who were in the room, online or on the phone today, for the Astor pocket watch. 1.175 million pounds A new auction house record with.” expressions were used.

Offers worth thousands of pounds flew in the air

Apart from the gold pocket watch, other items that found buyers at the auction included the Wallace Hartley suitcase sold for 260 thousand pounds, the Harrison Titanic souvenir book worth 85 thousand pounds and the chessboard taken from the Titanic worth 44 thousand pounds. The next Titanic auction is November 2024It was stated that it would be held in .

“Never sinks” luxury cruise ship called TitanicOn April 10, 1912, she set sail from the port of Southampton in England to New York with 2,224 passengers and crew. The ship hit an iceberg on April 15, 1912 and sank in the North Atlantic, killing 1,510 passengers. 47-year-old John Jacob Astor IV was considered one of the richest people in the world at the time. Astor did not survive the accident either.

The most expensive antique ever recovered from the Titanic Wallace Hartley It was his violin that he continued to play as the ship sank to calm the passengers.