Astor’s will also stated that Madeleine would lose the house and trust fund if she ever remarried, and when she did in 1916, she gave them both up. In the end, John Jacob Astor IV stands as one ...

In 1935, Vincent gave the watch as a christening gift to the infant son of William Dobbyn IV, John Jacob Astor’s executive secretary, according to the auction house. Aldridge told CNN that the ...

Mrs. John Jacob Astor was the hostess last night at Col. Astor's town house, 840 Fifth Avenue, at a small dance. This dance is an annual event, save when Mrs. J.J. Astor is in mourning ...

In true Astor fashion, her son, John Jacob Astor IV, used the episode to make more money. Following his cousin’s example, he demolished the family house and built a 16-story hotel called the ...

an auction house said this weekend. An American buyer won the bidding war for John Jacob Astor IV's 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch, shattering the auctioneer's pre-sale estimate of £150,000 ...

4th Viscount of Astor, is a member of the House of Lords and the stepfather of Samantha Cameron, the former British first lady married to David Cameron. John Jacob Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever ...

A gold pocket watch worn by the richest passenger aboard the Titanic when the ill-fated ocean liner sank was sold at auction on Saturday for a record-breaking sum of nearly $1.5 million.

The auction for John Jacob Astor IV's 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch begins Saturday, with a starting bid of 60,000 pounds, according to auction house Henry Aldridge & Son. The watch ...