Historic titanic pocket watch fetches record $2m at auction Even before it sank, the RMS Titanic was a symbol of wealth and luxury. Today, it remains so, with many artifacts recovered from the wreckage the subject of bidding wars. 14-carat gold pocket watch formerly belonging to the Titanic’s richest passenger was auctioned in Wiltshire, England for £1.175 million (about C$2 million). The auction house said the watch, engraved with the initials of its former owner, businessman John Jacob Astor IV, fetched the highest-ever price for a piece of Titanic memorabilia. The watch...