The gold pocket watch of a passenger of the Titanic ship which sank in the sea was auctioned, this is the price – India TV Hindi

A gold pocket watch belonging to a passenger on the Titanic, the world’s largest ship, which sank 112 years ago, has been auctioned for a record $1.1 million. The gold pocket watch of the richest passenger aboard the Titanic sold for $1.1 million. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge described the total sale as a “world record”. Let us tell you that the gold pocket watch of the richest passenger aboard Titanic was the most memorable item related to the voyage of Titanic. A new record of its sales was established.

The 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch belonged to businessman John Jacob Astor IV, who died in a shipwreck in 1912 at the age of 47, according to a BBC report. The watch was purchased by a private collector in the US at Henry Aldridge & Son, Devizes, Wiltshire, during an auction on Saturday. “Astor is best known as the richest passenger on the RMS Titanic and was considered one of the richest people in the world at the time, with a net worth of approximately $87 million (equivalent to several billion dollars today. )” Was.

A gold watch was found with Astor’s body several days after the sinking of the Titanic.

When Astor’s remains were recovered several days after the sinking of the Titanic, a watch engraved with the initials JJA was found with Astor’s body. A diamond ring, gold and diamond cufflinks were also found in his possession. John Jacob Astor IV’s cufflinks and plans for the Titanic’s first-class accommodations were also on offer for auction. Astor was one of approximately 1,500 people who died when the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg on April 15, 1912. His pregnant wife Madeleine survived this accident. In November, a rare menu from the Titanic’s first class restaurant was sold at auction along with a pocket watch of another man who died in the 1912 tragedy. The menu sold for approximately $101,600. A pocket watch recovered from Russian immigrant Sinai Kantor sold for approximately $118,700.

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