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Gold pocket watch found on body of Titanic's richest passenger sells for record $1.46 million
An American buyer won the bidding war for John Jacob Astor IV's 14-carat gold ... was completely restored after being returned to Colonel Astor's family and worn by his son making it a unique ...
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Who Was Madeleine Astor? The Gilded Beginnings and Harrowing Survival of the Titanic’s Most Famous Widow
In 1911, a teenaged socialite named Madeleine Talmage Force rose from relative obscurity to land one of the greatest eligible bachelors of her era: a newly divorced Colonel John Jacob Astor IV ...
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The Controversial History Of The Astor Family, One Of America’s Most Prominent Dynasties
The story of the Astor family is one of immense fortune, ambition, tragedy, and scandal. It all began with John Jacob Astor, ...
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Titanic's richest passenger's gold watch to be auctioned off
John Jacob Astor IV's watch is among a number ... "The watch itself was completely restored after being returned to Colonel Astor's family and worn by his son making it a unique part of the ...
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Gold watch worn by richest passenger aboard Titanic sells for record-breaking $1.5 million
A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, sold for a record-breaking £1.175 million ($1.485 million) at auction on ...
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Madeleine Astor: The Gilded Beginnings and Harrowing Survival of the 'Titanic'’s Most Famous Widow - MSN
In 1911, a teenaged socialite named Madeleine Talmage Force rose from relative obscurity to land one of the greatest eligible bachelors of her era: a newly divorced Colonel John Jacob Astor IV ...