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Gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic
Daily Mail ^ | April 27, 2024 | Peter Henn and Richard Percival

Posted on 04/28/2024 4:57:47 AM PDT by mairdie

The pocket watch of the richest man on the Titanic – recovered when his body was fished out of the Atlantic seven days after the tragedy – was sold a record-breaking £1.175 million yesterday.

The timepiece belonged to John Jacob Astor IV, a US business magnate who was among more than 1,500 people who died when the ship struck an iceberg in the early hours of April 15, 1912.

His 14-carat gold Waltham watch was sold at Henry Aldridge & Son auction house in Wiltshire for a record-breaking £1.175 million, six times the guide price, matching the record paid for a Titanic artifact – the violin played by bandmaster Wallace Hartley.

The pocket watch of the richest man on the Titanic – recovered when his body was fished out of the Atlantic seven days after the tragedy – was sold a record-breaking £1.175 million yesterday.

The timepiece belonged to John Jacob Astor IV, a US business magnate who was among more than 1,500 people who died when the ship struck an iceberg in the early hours of April 15, 1912.

His 14-carat gold Waltham watch was sold at Henry Aldridge & Son auction house in Wiltshire for a record-breaking £1.175 million, six times the guide price, matching the record paid for a Titanic artifact – the violin played by bandmaster Wallace Hartley.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; henryaldridgeandson; johnjacobastor; thetitanic; titanic; wallacehartley; waltham
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I thought I had read 40-ish. Some of the survivors’ stories are doubted:

https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/plucked-from-the-sea.html


61 posted on 04/28/2024 12:13:00 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: mairdie; 240B; 75thOVI; Adder; albertp; asgardshill; At the Window; bitt; blu; BradyLS; ...
Thanks mairdie.
The other GGG topics added since the previous digest ping, alpha:

62 posted on 04/28/2024 1:38:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: scrabblehack

From what I remember, the sea water was something like 25 F which can kill a person in 15 minutes, so I can’t see how anyone survived who was thrown in the water or jumped unless they were immediately picked up.


63 posted on 04/28/2024 2:03:12 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: mairdie

Grave robbers


64 posted on 04/28/2024 3:45:21 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Texas resident

I got a Waltham for graduation in the ‘60s. Very nice.


65 posted on 04/28/2024 3:51:39 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: Bob434

I’ve heard that story often over the years. Brings years to my eye6.


66 posted on 04/28/2024 3:54:42 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: exDemMom

Really. A terrible movie.

“A Night To Remember” was on TV a couple weeks ago, and Hubby watched it. I couldn’t. I saw it decades ago and won’t watch it again; is too upsetting.


67 posted on 04/28/2024 3:57:53 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: NWFree

Isn’t it the same as after a crime investigation the victim’s effects are returned to the family?

I’ve been thinking about grave articles recently. Other than the value and quantity, what is so different about what is put in ancient Egyptian and Chinese graves from the toys we put into a child’s casket, or the well-loved and used items that went into my mother’s casket. My grandfather’s will asked that his mother’s photo be placed in his ashes urn. For some reason, there’s something instinctive in us to want our loved ones to go with the things they found dear.


68 posted on 04/28/2024 4:05:02 PM PDT by mairdie (Henry Bicker Gibson - banker, railroadman https://youtu.be/4vHumEHx9xQ)
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To: mairdie

I’ll have ashes of 3 cats with me.


69 posted on 04/28/2024 4:10:10 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

That’s my thought also. There was also the lifeboat that lost their oars — it was found a month later with 3 dead bodies on it.

https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/the-finding-titanic-life-raft.html


70 posted on 04/28/2024 4:14:42 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: MayflowerMadam

My friend has already made that arrangement with a funeral director. I need to think how to accomplish it.


71 posted on 04/28/2024 4:15:14 PM PDT by mairdie (Galaxy Quest - We May Never Pass - Seals and Croft https://youtu.be/y-cwIrLvbbg)
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To: Hootowl

She threw the necklace back into the ocean 🌊🌊🌊!!

😆😅🤣😜


72 posted on 04/28/2024 5:17:54 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: MayflowerMadam

“A Night To Remember”

Best one I ever saw


73 posted on 04/28/2024 5:19:01 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

29 F

From what I’ve heard (like it makes any difference)

Then there’s the drunk bread-baker on the Titanic....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joughin


74 posted on 04/28/2024 5:24:06 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: MayflowerMadam

The Waltham I have was my great grand fathers. It is a railroad watch with the minutes denoted.


75 posted on 04/28/2024 6:58:10 PM PDT by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Yep— i only heard abotu it recently- but yeah- it’s heartwarming to read abotu his selflessness-


76 posted on 04/28/2024 7:20:56 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: SaveFerris

“Best one I ever saw”

Definitely the best I’ve ever seen, too.

It made “Titanic” look like a cartoon.


77 posted on 04/29/2024 3:44:58 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

I remember when the bow dipped below the surface.

It was truly fearful (for a movie)


78 posted on 04/29/2024 3:57:04 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: mairdie

Picking “artifacts” off of the Titanic is nothing more than grave robbing.


79 posted on 04/29/2024 4:28:20 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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