A gold pocket watch given to the British boat captain who rescued more than 700 passengers from the Titanic has sold at auction for a record-breaking £1.56m ($1.97m). The 18-carat Tiffany & Co timepiece was given to Sir Arthur Rostron, then captain of passenger ship RMS Carpathia, by survivors he rescued.

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Auctioneers say the watch sale is the highest-ever for a Titanic artefact.

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Captain Arthur Rostron diverted his passenger ship, the Carpathia, to rescue over 700 people from the sinking Titanic.

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$1.96 million is the highest amount ever paid for memorabilia belonging to Titanic, the auctioneers said.

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Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic has sold at auction for nearly $2 million. The 18-carat Tiffany watch was given by three women survivors to Capt. Arthur Rostron for diverting his passenger ship, the RMS Carpathia, to save them and others after the ship struck an iceberg and sank in 1912. Auctioneers Henry Aldridge and Son, who sold the watch to a private U.S.…

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A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorabilia from the shipwreck. The 18-carat Tiffany & Co. watch was given by three women survivors to Capt. Arthur Rostron for diverting his passenger ship, the RMS Carpathia,...

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A GOLD pocket watch that once belonged to a captain who saved 700 passengers from the ill-fated Titanic has sold for an eye-watering amount.The stunni

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Watch belonging to captain who rescued 700 Titanic survivors sells for £1.56m

It was the highest amount ever paid for Titanic memorabilia (Picture: SWNS) A gold pocket watch presented to the captain of a boat which rescued more than 700 passengers from the Titanic has sold for a record-breaking £1.56 million. It was the highest amount ever paid for Titanic memorabilia, auctioneers Henry Aldridge and Son, of Devizes, Wiltshire, said on Saturday, and went to a private collector in the US. The previous record was set in Apri…

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