Left: Heritage Auctions, Right: Wikimedia CommonsLeft: Front of Sinai Kantor’s watch, Right: The R.M.S. Titanic. An antique, rusty pocket watch recovered from a passenger who died on the Titanic ...

Jeff bought his first antique pocket watch at the age of 11. By age 13 he was working after school for a specialties packing company where the front doubled as an antique shop/warehouse.

The top-selling items in the auction were the Patek Philippe ladies’ 18k gold pocket watch, which sold for €6,000, and the ...