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Subject: JJ Astor's Titanic Death-Watch Auctions For a Million
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13359381/Auction-house-hits-row-sale-gold-pocket-watch-recovered-body-richest-man-Titanic-1million-fans-claim-museum.html

.. . .

   Watch taken off JJ Astor's floating corpse after
   Titanic sinking sells for over 1 million dollars.

   JJ Astor was, at the time, the most wealthy American.
   He was famed for his up-class hotels, patronized by
   the rich and famous of the era.

   He died when the Titanic sank - but did not go down
   IN it, but floating on the surface instead.

   The pocket-watch is still in beautiful condition -
   but likely the gears are destroyed. Besides, nobody
   should ever change the time on the thing ... which
   would not be long after he went in the water.