A gold pocket watch once owned by an elderly couple who drowned on the RMS Titanic has sold for an astonishing 1.78 million pounds — the equivalent of $2.3 million — setting a new record for memorabilia salvaged following the sinking of the ill-fated luxury liner.
Auctioneers said it surpassed the previous record of 1.56 million pounds set last year for a gold watch presented to the captain of the ship that rescued more than 700 survivors, according to the Daily Mail.
The London-based tabloid reported:
The 18-carat Jules Jurgensen engraved watch was owned by first-class passenger Isidor Straus, whose tragic story with his wife, Ida, became one…
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