Gold pocket watch found on body of Titanic’s richest man after he went down with ship goes on sale
A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the richest man who died on the Titanic has gone up for auction. John Jacob Astor, 47, was the wealthiest man aboard the ship and would have been a billionaire by today’s standards, with an estimated net worth of $87 million at the time – roughly $2.75 billion today.