This spring, Freeman's, America's oldest auction house, will present two remarkable artifacts related to the sinking of the RMS Titanic: the 18-carat gold Patek Philippe pocket watch retailed by ...

CHICAGO] A Patek Philippe pocket watch carried by one of the richest men in America during the sinking of the Titanic will be ...

Today is the 262nd birthday of John Jacob Astor, who was born on July 17, 1763, in Walldorf, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He came to New York in 1783 and worked in a butcher ship ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. John Jacob Astor arrived in the United States as a poor immigrant in 1783 but went on to become one of the country’s ...

The Astor Library was one of the first important public libraries in New York City. John Jacob Astor pledged $400,000 to create a reference library using the books from the great book collector and ...