{"id":2233016,"date":"2024-04-29T18:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/titanic-passengers-gold-pocket-watch-sold-for-almost-1-5-million\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T18:42:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T22:42:03","slug":"titanic-passengers-gold-pocket-watch-sold-for-almost-1-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/titanic-passengers-gold-pocket-watch-sold-for-almost-1-5-million\/","title":{"rendered":"A Titanic passenger&#8217;s gold pocket watch fetched nearly $1.5 million in a sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftitanic-passengers-gold-pocket-watch-sold-for-almost-1-5-million%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2233016&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasures-from-sunken-pre-civil-war-ship-of-gold-go-up-for-auction\/\" title=\"Treasures From Sunken Pre-Civil War \u2018Ship Of Gold\u2019 Go Up For Auction\">gold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-professor-charged-with-stealing-rare-jewelry-from-well-heeled-acquaintances\/\" title=\"Retired professor accused of stealing rare jewelry from wealthy friends.\">pocket watch<\/a><\/a> linked\u200c to the Titanic&#8217;s wealthiest \u2063passenger, John Jacob Astor IV, was sold for almost $1.5 million, surpassing predictions by over sevenfold. \u200bInitially estimated \u2063at \u2064$189,000,\u2062 the \u200dwatch&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bottle-of-whisky-from-1986-sells-at-auction-for-record-amount\/\" title=\"Bottle of Whisky from 1986 Sells at Auction for Record Amount\">final sale price<\/a> far\u2064 exceeded expectations at $1.485 million during an auction held by Henry Aldridge and Son. The information provided is concise and effectively summarizes the key details of the\u2064 sale\u2062 of the\u2062 gold pocket watch associated with John Jacob Astor IV, the \u200bwealthiest passenger of the Titanic.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>A gold pocket watch that belonged to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/titanic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Titanic\u2019s<\/em><\/a>  wealthiest passenger has sold for almost $1.5 million, over seven times more than what it was predicted to sell.<\/p>\n<p>The watch, which belonged to John Jacob Astor IV, had been estimated to sell for $189,000 at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/auctions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>auction<\/a> over the weekend. However, the watch ended up selling for $1.485 million, far exceeding expectations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/gold-pocket-watch-recovered-titanics-wealthiest-passenger-sells-nearly-1-5m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> the Henry Aldridge and Son auction house.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The pocket watch of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Titanic?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Titanic<\/a>&#8216;s richest passenger sold at auction for more than $1.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>The watch was owned by 47-year-old John Jacob Astor. He was considered one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sheldon-adelson-casino-mogul-and-gop-power-broker-dies-at-87\/\" title=\"Sheldon Adelson, Casino Mogul and GOP Power Broker, Dies at 87\">richest men<\/a> in the world in 1912 and had a fortune of $87 million at the time of his death. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6WTKbE0e3F\">pic.twitter.com\/6WTKbE0e3F<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 NEXTA (@nexta_tv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nexta_tv\/status\/1784570958746980590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The sale marks a \u201cnew world record for <em>Titanic<\/em> memorabilia,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/26\/style\/john-jacob-astor-watch-titanic-scli-intl-gbr\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to the managing director<\/a> of the auction house, Andrew Aldridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese prices for these unique pieces of history reflect not only their importance but also the ongoing interest into the <em>Titanic<\/em> story and the memory of her passengers and crew,\u201d Aldridge said.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>John Jacob Astor IV is shown in 1912. (AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Astor had the watch with him aboard the <em>Titanic<\/em> before the ship sank on April 15, 1912, with the watch bearing his initials \u201cJJA.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York<\/a> real estate developer had helped his pregnant wife onto a lifeboat before dying aboard the sinking ship at the age of 47.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The watch was later recovered from the <em>Titanic\u2019s<\/em> wreckage and was given to Astor\u2019s son, Vincent Astor. In 1935, the younger Astor gave the watch to the son of William Dobbyn IV, who was his father\u2019s executive secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Astor\u2019s watch is not the only <em>Titanic<\/em> relic that oversold its expectations, as the bag belonging to violinist Wallace Hartley also sold for $454,949 at the auction this past weekend. Initial predictions had the bag selling for $150,000.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Titanic&#8217;s wealthiest passenger&#8217;s gold pocket watch sold for nearly $1.5 million, exceeding the predicted price by over seven times. The timepiece, once owned by John Jacob Astor IV, was expected to fetch $189,000 at auction. However, it far surpassed expectations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2233017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23284751549439-1024x734.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23284751549439-1024x734.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2233017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}