Watch given to Titanic hero sells for £1.5m
A gold pocket watch given to the British boat captain who rescued more than 700 passengers from the Titanic has sold at auction for a record-breaking £1.56m ($1.97m). The 18-carat Tiffany & Co timepiece was given to Sir Arthur Rostron, then captain of passenger ship RMS Carpathia, by survivors he rescued.
A postcard and a pocket watches are among the top lots in a sale of Titanic memorabilia that is super to excite history buffs ...
is the object of daily ovations from the American admirers of his feat in rescuing the Titanic survivors. 'He was presented with a valuable gold watch at the luncheon given to him and the ship's ...
At its most recent auction in April, it sold a watch belonging to the richest passenger on the Titanic for 10 times its estimate. The gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the ...
A pocket watch that stopped when its owner went down with the Titanic is going to auction with a high five-figure asking price. Uruguayan passenger Ramon Gomez died when the ship sank in the ...
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