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An 18-carat gold pocket watch owned by Isador Straus becomes the most expensive Titanic memorabilia in auction history.

A historic Titanic artifact auction set a new record when a passenger's 1888 gold pocket watch sold for $2.3 million, ...

The Jules Jurgensen timepiece belonged to wealthy American businessman Isidor Straus, who died with his wife, Ida, in the ...

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A gold pocket watch that belonged to an elderly couple who drowned as the Titanic sunk has sold for a record-breaking £1.78m at auction. The 18-carat Jules Jurgensen engraved watch was owned by first ...

Even as the Titanic slipped beneath the icy North Atlantic, one story of devotion survived the disaster — and now it has made ...

A gold pocket watch that was recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic is set to go under the hammer for a whopping £150,000. Business magnate John Jacob Astor was one of the world's ...

A gold pocket watch that once belonged to a couple last seen holding hands on the deck of the Titanic as it sunk has sold for ...

The pocket watch of the richest man on the Titanic – recovered when his body was fished out of the Atlantic seven days after the tragedy – was sold a record-breaking £1.175 million yesterday. The ...