John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man to travel aboard the Titanic, was wearing a gold watch at the time of the ship’s sinking. That piece, rescued after the famous catastrophe, was auctioned this weekend along with other objects that survived the shipwreck.
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Author: Paul Bedard
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