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Watch of richest Titanic passenger sells for £1.17m
A US buyer won the bidding war, smashing the auctioneer's pre-sale estimate of between £100,000 and £150,000.
The original watch owner was businessman John Jacob Astor who went down with the ship in 1912 after seeing new wife Madeleine onto a lifeboat. Courtesy/Henry Aldridge & Son
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
A gold watch found on the body of the richest passenger on the Titanic was auctioned in England for £1.17 million ($1.46 million) on Saturday.
It was a record