Isidor Straus, the Jewish businessman who co-founded Macy’s, drowned with his wife in the Titanic disaster. His gold pocket ...

A gold wristwatch belonging to Isidor Straus, one of the ship's richest passengers, was sold alongside other artifacts, ...

A pocket watch recovered from the body of a first-class Titanic passenger has set a new benchmark in maritime memorabilia after being sold for an astonishing USD 2.3 million at an auction in England, ...

A gold pocket watch belonging to Titanic passenger Isidor Straus, which stopped at the moment the ship sank, has sold for a ...

The body of Isidor, who co-owned the New York department store Macy’s, was later recovered. His wife’s was never found.

I will not be separated from my husband; as we have lived, so will we die together,” Ida Straus said before she and her ...

A gold pocket watch belonging to one of the Titanic’s most renowned passengers has sold at auction for a record-breaking ...

A gold pocket watch that once belonged to a couple last seen holding hands on the deck of the Titanic as it sunk has sold for ...

The Jules Jurgensen timepiece belonged to wealthy American businessman Isidor Straus, who died with his wife, Ida, in the ...

A gold-trimmed pocket watch stopped ticking at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, as the Titanic was sinking in the North Atlantic.

Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the record price “illustrates the enduring interest in the Titanic story”. He added: “The ...