A gold pocket watch that belonged to an elderly couple who drowned as the Titanic sunk has sold for a record-breaking £1.78m at auction.
The 18-carat Jules Jurgensen engraved timepiece was owned by first class passenger Isidor Straus, who died when the ship sank in April 1912, and was returned to his family after being recovered from his body.
Mr Straus and his wife Ida were portrayed in the film Titanic as a couple who held each other as the ship went down.
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