Kashmir sapphires, statement diamonds and signed jewels from important private collections will take center stage at Christie’s Magnificent Jewels auction on December 10 at Rockefeller Center in New ...
A pocket watch that once belonged to one of the Titanic's most renowned passengers has sold at an auction for $2.3 million — a record price for memorabilia related to the historic shipwreck, according ...
The Jules Jurgensen timepiece was recovered from the body of Isidor Straus. The Bavaria-born American businessman, politician, and co-owner of Macy’s, and his wife, Ida, were among the more than 1,500 ...
A gold pocket watch owned by Isidor Straus, a first-class passenger on the Titanic, sold for a record $2.32 million. Becoming the highest price ever paid for Titanic ...
Even as the Titanic slipped beneath the icy North Atlantic, one story of devotion survived the disaster — and now it has made history at auction. A gold pocket watch that once ticked for first-class ...
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A gold pocket watch recovered from one of the richest passengers aboard the Titanic may become the most expensive artifact from the tragedy ever sold, according to experts. The watch belonged to ...
Collectors who want to add more complication to their lives are in luck. The most complicated Audemars Piguet pocket watch in private hands will go under the gavel at Sotheby’s New York this December.
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French police arrest 2 Louvre jewel heist suspects amid manhunt Two men from a Paris suburb have been arrested in connection with last week's major jewel heist at the Louvre Museum, French National ...
A post about a passenger’s eerily timed in-flight movie choice—watching a fictional heist film just hours before stepping off a plane and learning of a real jewel robbery at one of the world’s most ...