titanic
A gold pocket watch retrieved from the body of the Titanic's wealthiest passenger has been sold for a record-breaking £1.2 million (€1.4m) to a private collector in the US. The auction took place on Saturday at Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, marking the highest amount ever paid for Titanic memorabilia, according to the auctioneers. The timepiece, belonging to John Jacob Astor IV of the affluent Astor family, fetched ten times its expected auction price of £100,000 to £150,000 (€117,000 to €175,000). At the time of the sinking, the 47-year-old Astor was one of the richest people on...
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We all know the story. On 15 April 1912, the passenger ship RMS Titanic, operated by White Star Line, hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage from England to New York and sunk, killing around 1,500 of those on board. The story of the Titanic has been memorialised throughout popular culture, most notably via the 1997 James Cameron film Titanic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Now, fans of the naval disaster can get their own piece of the tragic story for themselves. Henry Aldridge & Sons Ltd is holding an auction of memorabilia from the Titanic on 27 April. The lots on sale are expected...
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The famous Titanic floating door that kept Rose (Kate Winslet) afloat but left Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) in a fatefully chilly predicament has been sold at auction for a hefty price. The slab of balsa wood from James Cameron's 1997 film fetched a whopping $718,750 (€663,000) during the Heritage Auctions' Treasures from Planet Hollywood event, outshining other iconic props like Indiana Jones' bullwhip from Temple of Doom and Jack Nicholson's menacing axe from The Shining. Although commonly referred to as a door, the auction specifies that the intricate structure was actually a part of the door f...
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