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Wooden panel from the film “Titanic”
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The famous “Titanic” wooden panel that saved main character Rose DeWitt in the film, but not Jack Dawson, has been auctioned off. At a global auction organized by Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas, it changed hands for 718,750 US dollars (around 662,000 euros), making it the "king of the auction", as the American auction house announced.
The Oscar-winning film's iconic prop has been the subject of debate for years. It was about nothing less than the question of whether Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, would have fit on it after the steamer sank - i.e. whether James Cameron's classic film could have had a happy ending after all.
According to the auction house, the wooden panel was often mistakenly referred to as a “door”. In fact, it was “part of the door frame above the entrance to the first class lounge.”
In addition to the wooden panel, other "Titanic" pieces achieved a good price at the auction: According to the information, the wooden panel prototype sold for $125,000, the ship's steering wheel for $200,000 and Rose's chiffon dress for $118,750.
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