The watch is tipped to fetch more than £100,000 when it goes under the hammer at auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes on Saturday.
A gold pocket watch that was recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic could fetch £150,000 at auction.
Rather than try his luck with another safety vessel, impeccably dressed Astor, who was a prominent member of the wealthy Astor family, was last seen smoking a cigarette and chatting with a fellow passenger. “Astor is well known as the richest passenger aboard the RMS Titanic and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time, with a net worth of roughly 87 million US dollars – equivalent to several billion dollars today,” said auctioneer Andrew Aldridge.“At first, Astor did not believe the ship was in any serious danger but later it was apparent she was sinking and the captain had started an evacuation after midnight, so he helped his wife into lifeboat 4.
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