{"id":2208211,"date":"2024-03-28T11:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/controversial-titanic-prop-door-sells-for-700k-at-auction\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T11:42:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:42:14","slug":"controversial-titanic-prop-door-sells-for-700k-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/controversial-titanic-prop-door-sells-for-700k-at-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Highly debated &#8216;Titanic&#8217; prop door auctioned for $700K"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcontroversial-titanic-prop-door-sells-for-700k-at-auction%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2208211&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The prop door from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pixar-releases-casting-call-for-transgender-teen-character\/\" title=\"Pixar Releases Casting Call For Transgender Teen Character\">blockbuster film<\/a> &#8220;Titanic&#8221; sold at auction for over $700,000. Since the movie&#8217;s 1997 \u200brelease, debates \u2063have arisen about Jack and Rose\u200b fitting on the door. This item, part of the ship&#8217;s first-class lounge entrance, was sold alongside other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/superman-and-superstar-memorabilia-worth-11-million-pounds-up-for-auction\/\" title=\"\u2018Superman\u2019 and superstar memorabilia worth 11 million pounds up for auction\">movie props<\/a> at the Heritage Auctions event. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-condemns-anti-jewish-hate-in-wake-of-jayapal-controversy\/\" title=\"White House denounces anti-Jewish hate after Jayapal controversy.\">controversy\u2063 surrounding<\/a> the door continues among fans and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-theater-cancels-cinderella-production-citing-too-many-white-cast-members\/\" title=\"Minnesota Theater Cancels \u2018Cinderella\u2019 Production Citing Too Many White Cast Members\">cast members<\/a>. The iconic &#8216;Titanic&#8217; prop door, selling for over $700,000 \u2062at auction, rekindled debates since the 1997 movie release\u2063 regarding \u200bJack and Rose&#8217;s space on the door. This piece, originally from the ship&#8217;s first-class \u2064lounge entrance, was auctioned alongside other movie props at the Heritage\u200c Auctions event, fueling ongoing controversy \u2064among fans and cast members.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">prop door<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/james-cameron\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James Cameron<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> blockbuster film \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/titanic\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Titanic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d just sold at auction for more than $700,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ever since the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/movies\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">movie<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was released in 1997, viewers have argued over whether there was enough room for both Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet) to fit onto the door, using it as a makeshift raft until they could be rescued from the frigid sea. Many movie fans claim that the door may not have been buoyant enough to support two adults, even if there was sufficient physical space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the film, Rose survived, and Jack died from hypothermia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The prop piece of balsa wood, which the auction listing says came from part of the door frame above the ship\u2019s first-class lounge entrance, was one of several movie props sold at the Heritage Auctions Treasures from Planet Hollywood event, per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2024\/mar\/26\/titanic-floating-door-prop-sells-at-auction\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Guardian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other significant items included Winslet\u2019s dress in \u201cTitanic,\u201d which fetched $125,000, and Indiana Jones\u2019s bullwhip from \u201cThe Temple of Doom,\u201d which went for more than half a million. The outlet also noted that Jack Nicholson\u2019s axe from The Shining sold for $125,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cameron and other \u201cTitanic\u201d stars have discussed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kate-winslet-james-cameron-share-opinions-on-infamous-titanic-door-debate\/\" title=\"Kate Winslet, James Cameron Share Opinions On Infamous \u2018Titanic\u2019 Door Debate\">door controversy<\/a> in the past, with the Canadian director admitting that the character of Jack was doomed to die because the story demanded it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe have since done a thorough forensic analysis with a hypothermia expert who reproduced the raft from the movie \u2026 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,\u201d Cameron told The Toronto Sun in 2022, as The Daily Wire previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kate-winslet-james-cameron-share-opinions-on-infamous-titanic-door-debate\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c[Jack] needed to die,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s like Romeo and Juliet. It\u2019s a movie about love and sacrifice and mortality. The love is measured by the sacrifice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1711715436621000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3HlpYohxaUP7Tuuj0jIFHu\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winslet also shared her opinions in 2022, the 25th anniversary of the film\u2019s release.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI have to be honest: I actually don\u2019t believe that we would have survived if we had both gotten on that door,\u201d the actress said. \u201cI think he would have fit, but it would have tipped and it would not have been a sustainable idea.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSo, you heard it here for the first time,\u201d Winslet added. \u201cYes, he could have fit on that door, but it would not have stayed afloat. It wouldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iconic &#8216;Titanic&#8217; prop door fetched over $700,000 at auction. 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