Gold watch used to ‘buy a spot on a Titanic lifeboat’ set to sell for $68K at auction

From nypost.com

A gold watch rumored to have been used as a bribe to gain a family’s spot on a Titanic lifeboat is set to fetch as much as $67,977 at auction. The watch was handed to a crew member by a passenger during the infamous sinking of the British ocean liner in 1912. However, it remains debated to this day whether its owner used the timepiece to bribe a stoker for a lifeboat spot for his family – or merely gifted it in gratitude. Whatever the circumstances of how it was handed across, the 19th-century watch is now set for sale with auctioneers John Nicholson’s – and is expected to fetch between $40,786 and $67,977. ... (full story)