Titan­ic passenger’s gold pock­et watch sold for almost $1.5 mil­lion

A gold pock­et watch that belonged to the Titanic’s wealth­i­est pas­sen­ger has sold for almost $1.5 mil­lion, over sev­en times more than what it was pre­dict­ed to sell.
The watch, which belonged to John Jacob Astor IV, had been esti­mat­ed to sell for $189,000 at an auc­tion over the week­end. How­ev­er, the watch end­ed up sell­ing for $1.485 mil­lion, far exceed­ing expec­ta­tions, accord­ing to the Hen­ry Aldridge and Son auc­tion house.

The pock­et watch of #Titan­ic’s rich­est pas­sen­ger sold at auc­tion for more than $1.4 million.The watch was owned by 47-year-old John Jacob Astor. He was con­sid­ered one of the rich­est men in the world in 1912 and had a for­tune of $87 mil­lion at the time of his death. pic.twitter.com/6WTKbE0e3F
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