Sinai Kantor was a Jewish Russian immigrant who booked passage to New York on the Titanic with his wife, Miriam. The two planned to study dentistry and medicine in the US. When the ship collided with an iceberg and sank Miriam made it on to one of the lifeboats but Sinai perished.
Kantor's rusted-out Swiss made, open-face, silver-plated brass pocket watch recently sold at auction for $57,500.
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