Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When John Jacob Astor IV died on the Titanic 112 years ago, he was one of the world's richest people. He built landmark New York ...

The Titanic's sinking claimed over 1,500 lives. There were well-known people among the casualties.

Historic artifacts recovered from the Titanic disaster have remained in continuous possession of the Astor family for more than a century Recovered from Astor's body following the tragedy in April ...

(CNN) — A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, will go up for sale at an auction of memorabilia from the doomed ship.

A gold pocket watch worn by the richest passenger aboard the Titanic when the ill-fated ocean liner sank was sold at auction on Saturday for a record-breaking sum of nearly $1.5 million. The timepiece ...

When the Titanic hit an iceberg in 1912, first-class passenger John Jacob Astor IV helped his pregnant wife into a lifeboat before going down with the ship. He was the wealthiest person on the doomed ...

(CNN) — A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, sold for a record-breaking £1.175 million ($1.485 million) at auction on ...

A gold pocket watch that belonged to the Titanic’s wealthiest passenger has sold for almost $1.5 million, over seven times more than what it was predicted to sell. The watch, which belonged to John ...

John Jacob Astor IV was one of the wealthiest people in the world when he met a tragic end when the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. His life was marked by amazing innovations, wealth, and scandal.

He built landmark New York hotels like the Astoria Hotel and the St. Regis. Astor's wife, who was 30 years younger than him, was pregnant aboard the Titanic and survived. John Jacob Astor IV was one ...