Titanic Passenger’s Gold Watch Sells for Record £1.78m at Auction
A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of wealthy Titanic passenger Isidor Straus has sold for a record £1.78m at an auction in Wiltshire. Straus, a prominent American businessman and co-owner of Macy’s department store, died alongside his wife Ida when the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank on 14 April 1912. His…