A gold pocket watch owned by the lead engineer of the RMS Carpathia, which rescued 700 people from the Titanic, has been sold for £46,000.
The item had an estimated value of £100,000 at an auction on Wednesday in Penshurst, and was purchased by an anonymous buyer from the UK.
The watch was awarded to John Richardson, who played a pivotal role in the rescue mission in the North Atlantic in April 1912, following the sinking of the liner in which more than 1,500 crew and passengers perished.
Justin Matthews, director of Hansons Auctioneers, said the “hairs on his neck stood up” when he first held the item.
