Efe Washington
Washington
Updated Wednesday, March 27, 2024-08:48
Since the release of
Titanic
in 1997, the wooden plank that
Rose
(
Kate Winslet
) and
Jack
(
Leonardo DiCaprio)
cling to in the film's final scene has generated controversy as viewers questioned whether there was room for both of them. He gave up saving himself and ended up freezing to death.
Now, at an auction of iconic film objects, organized by Heritage Auctions in Dallas (Texas), the iconic board has sold for
$718,750 (about 663,000 euros)
, surpassing other objects for sale such as
Indiana Jones
' whip in
The Temple of Doom
or
Jack Nicholson's ax
in
The Shining
.
As published by
The Hollywood Reporter
,
the chiffon dress that Winslet
wore during the final scene of the film was also sold at auction, in this case for $125,000 (about 115,000 euros).
Local media specified that around 70 props and costume objects could be purchased at the auction and that the
initial bid for the piece of wood that served as a raft was $40,000 (about 36,000 euros)
.
Other objects sold in this auction were the whip that actor Harrison Ford used in one of the films in which he played Indiana Jones for $525,000 (about 484,000 euros) or the
Holy Grail cup
used by the same character in '
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
' for $87,500 (about 80,700 euros).
There were more than 1,600 objects from film history
owned by the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain
available in this auction, according to local media, from design sketches and prop swords to the leather jacket of the actor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 'Terminator 2: The final judgment'.
They also specified that a large part of them belonged to film hits from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.