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Pictured: The case and an In Memoriam funeral programme for Wallace Hartley's funeral on May 18th 1912.<br />
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A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic has sold for a world record price of £1.175m.<br />
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The 14 carat gold Waltham watch belonged to business magnate John Jacob Astor.<br />
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Despite his enormous wealth, the 47-year-old went down with the ship after seeing his pregnant wife Madeleine into a lifeboat.<br />
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His watch, which bears his initials JJA and was later restored by his son Vincent Astor, went under the hammer at auction in Wiltshire yesterday (Sat).<br />
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A fierce bidding war saw it sell for almost eight times its estimate, making it the most valuable item of Titanic memorabilia ever sold.