Titanic's famous door prop sells for $718,750 at auction

At a recent auction hosted by Heritage Auctions, a piece of cinematic history was sold: the door from the movie Titanic. This artefact, often referred to as the "floating door," played a vital role in the film's climax, in Kate Winslet's survival surrounded by the sinking ship's frigid waters.

At the recent auction, the Titanic door emerged as the highest-selling item, reaching an impressive $718,750 and surpassing the prices of the other props, including Indiana Jones' iconic bullwhip from The Temple of Doom and Jack Nicholson's menacing axe from The Shining.

The auction, hosted by Heritage Auctions' Treasures from Planet Hollywood event, featured other items. Winslet's chiffon dress from the film's finale sold for $125,000 (£98,743). Items unsold at the auction, such as Mark Addy's red thong from The Full Monty, are still available for purchase.

In 2022, director James Cameron attempted to shut down speculation over whether Jack’s (Leonardo DiCaprio) death was unnecessary by conducting what he told Postmedia was a “scientific study to put this whole thing to rest and drive a stake through its heart once and for all.

“We have since done a thorough forensic analysis with a hypothermia expert who reproduced the raft from the movie … We took two stunt people who were the same body mass of Kate and Leo and we put sensors all over them and inside them and we put them in ice water and we tested to see whether they could have survived through a variety of methods and the answer was: there was no way they both could have survived. Only one could survive.”