The price the gold watch brought in is the highest paid for an object related to the world-famous shipwreck, according to the auction house Henry Aldridge and Son, which hammered down the watch.
Arthur Rostron was the captain of the ship RMS Carpathia, which was on its way from New York to the Mediterranean on the fateful night in April 1912. He heard Titanic's distress signals, changed course, and set full speed towards the location off Newfoundland where the ocean liner had collided with an iceberg during its maiden voyage.
When he arrived, Titanic had sunk, taking over 1,500 people with it into the depths. But in the water were about twenty lifeboats with 700 people. These were taken on board the RMS Carpathia.
The gold watch in question was given to Rostron by three women who were rescued. One of them was Madeleine Astor, widow of John Jacob Astor, who is described as the richest person who died in the shipwreck.
Every man, woman, and child (on Titanic) carried a story, and these stories continue to be told more than a century later, notes auctioneer Andrew Aldridge, who sold the watch.
The buyer was an anonymous person in the USA.
