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Gold pocket watch of richest man on Titanic fetches record-breaking £1.2m
Amount paid for businessman John Jacob Astor’s watch is highest ever for Titanic memorabilia, auctioneers say
A gold pocket watch that was recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic has sold for a record-breaking £1.2m.
The watch was sold on Saturday to a private collector in the US at Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, for the highest amount ever for Titanic memorabilia, the auctioneers said.
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