1912年4月14日鐵達尼號沉沒後，救起700多人的英雄船長成為焦點，他獲贈的一隻金陀錶近日以156萬英鎊創下鐵達尼號紀念品拍賣新紀錄。
An 18-carat Tiffany & Co. pocket watch, recently on display at Titanic Belfast and gifted to Captain Arthur Rostron for rescuing over 700 Titanic survivors, has sold for a record-breaking £1.56 million.
— Titanic Belfast (@TitanicBelfast) November 18, 2024
Learn more about this piece of Titanic memorabilia at free pop-up exhibition. pic.twitter.com/Nrg5QfkWik
鐵達尼號救人英雄金陀錶拍賣
這隻陀錶由Tiffany以18K金製作，原為卡帕希亞號(RMS Carpathia)船長Arthur Rostron所有。1912年，鐵達尼號沉沒，Arthur指揮卡帕希亞號施救，之後包括富豪John Jacob Astor的遺孀共同訂製這隻陀錶贈予Arthur以表感激。錶身刻有「3名倖存者致意」，署名3名富豪遺孀。
TITANIC PRICE. A Tiffany gold watch belonging to Arthur Rostron - captain of the RMS Carpathia, which rescued 705 survivors of the Titanic - just sold at auction for nearly $2 million. That's a new record for Titanic memorabilia. #sciencewithdrg @RMSTitanic_Inc #Titanic pic.twitter.com/aIcWTmkK3T
— Dr. Michael Guillén (@DrMGuillen) November 17, 2024
156萬英鎊成交 創鐵達尼號紀念品拍賣新紀錄
近日，這隻陀錶由「Henry Aldridge & Son」拍賣，以156萬英鎊(約1,540萬港元)成交，買家為美國私人收藏家，打破鐵達尼號紀念品拍賣紀錄。
On 4th November 1940, death of Arthur Rostron from pneumonia. On the night of 14-15 April 1912, as captain of the Carpathia, he responded to distress calls from #Titanic. As the ship had already sunk, only the survivors in the lifeboats could be saved.
— Meriadec Villers (@MeriaRmsTitanic) November 4, 2024
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拍賣行負責人：每位罹難者背後都有故事
拍賣行負責人Andrew Aldridge表示，今年鐵達尼號相關物件連創兩個拍賣紀錄，凸顯對這宗傳奇海難的濃厚興趣。
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