A Pocket Watch Owned By A Titanic Passenger Sells At Auction

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If only watches could tell stories! This watch, which belonged to Titanic passenger John Jacob Astor, would certainly have a story to tell. On April 14th, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg. It was just after 11:40 that night. The ship, which had been touted as unsinkable because of the leading technology used in […] Visit A Pocket Watch Owned By A Titanic Passenger Sells At Auction to read t...
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Ktmdog24
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I'm shocked that the pre-auction estimate was that low. JJA was one of the richest men in the world at the time of his death, a member of one of the most prominent family's in the world and selflessly sacrificed his life due to a certain integrity he had- in other words, what a story to own.