The personal effects of Frederick Sutton, a New Jersey man who perished in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, are set to auction for over $100,000. The collection, which has remained in his family’s possession for over a century, includes a first-class passenger list and a rare canvas bag recovered from the shipwreck.
Sutton, who was a first-class passenger on the Titanic, was returning home from England after consulting with his physician for an undisclosed illness. The items include a gold watch with chain, a tie clip, a pocket book, a knife, three silver spoons, and a gold seal ring with ‘F.S.’ initials. The auction house, Henry Aldridge & Son, reported that the collection is expected to fetch over $100,000 when it goes up for auction on November 22 in Devizes, Wiltshire.
A second portion of the collection will be auctioned in April 2026, marking 114 years since the ship’s sinking. The bag of belongings was recovered by Sutton’s son-in-law in Halifax about two weeks after the sinking. The auction house also noted that a surviving first-class passenger reported sitting next to Sutton in the dining room the weekend before the sinking, and that Sutton had reported not feeling well. The auction house speculated that the elderly male passenger trapped in his room after the collision might have been Sutton.
The Titanic, the largest ship in the world when built, sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, less than three hours after colliding with an iceberg. The ship had been on a voyage from Southampton, England to New York City. Only just over 700 people — less than a third of the total number of crew and passengers — survived the sinking.
Fox News Digital’s Christine Rousselle contributed to this report.