Lancashire's Titanic hero makes the record books after his watch sells for £1.5m
A watch presented to a Lancashire-born hero who saved the lives of hundreds of Titanic passengers and crew has sold at auction for £1.56m. Sir Arthur Rostron became captain of the passenger liner RMS Carpathia on 18 January 18,
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The 18-carat gold pocket watch was given by the widows of three wealthy passengers who all sank with the ship. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Watch given to Titanic hero sells for £1.5m
A gold pocket watch given to the British boat captain who rescued more than 700 passengers from the Titanic has sold at auction for a record-breaking £1.56m ($1.97m). The 18-carat Tiffany & Co timepiece was given to Sir Arthur Rostron, then captain of passenger ship RMS Carpathia, by survivors he rescued.
Gold watch given to Titanic hero sells for record £1.56 million
The 18-carat Tiffany & Co. watch was presented to Rostron by three women survivors, including Madeleine Astor, in gratitude for his bravery in rescuing survivors after the Titanic sank in 1912.
Gold watch gifted to Titanic hero who saved 700 lives sells for record £1.5 million
Rostron changed the course of his steamship RMS Carpathia during a journey from New York to the Mediterranean in 1912 after hearing distress calls from the sinking Titanic. The watch bears the inscription: “Presented to Captain Rostron with the heartfelt ...
Titanic hero’s gold pocket watch sold for record figure at auction
A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic has sold at auction for nearly €2m, setting a record for memorabilia from the ship wreck.
Gold pocket watch Titanic memorabilia sells for record price
A gold pocket watch that was given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic has sold at auction. The watch went for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorabilia from the ship wreck.
A gold pocket watch given to the captain who rescued Titanic survivors sells for a record price
A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic has sold at auction for nearly $2 million.
Ticker: Titanic watch ticks off record price at auction
A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorabilia from the ship wreck.
Titanic rescue captain's pocket watch sells for record $2 million at auction
A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for nearly $2 million.
Pocket watch from Titanic rescue captain sells for record price
Auctioneers Henry Aldridge and Son, who sold the watch to a private U.S. collector on Saturday, said it’s the most paid for a piece of Titanic memorabilia.
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