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A gold pocket watch owned by Isidor Straus, a passenger on the Titanic , sold for a historic $2.3 million at an auction house in England on Nov. 22

Straus and his wife died on the sinking liner, a last act of love that inspired a scene in the 1997 film

"The Strauses were the ultimate love story,” Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said of the couple

A pocket watch owned by a first-class passenger on the Titanic made history after it sold for $2.3 million at an auction in England — the most that’s ever been paid for a piece of memorabilia from the doomed voyage.

Heightening its allure, the timepiece is linked to a love story that became immortalized in a scene in the iconic, eponymous film of the disaster.

“The world-record price illustrates the enduring interest in the Tita

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