DALLAS — The wood panel that Rose floated atop and Jack clung to in “Titanic” for more than $700,000 through Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.
The panel, often mistaken as a door, was the top seller among more than 1,600 movie props and costumes in Heritage’s Treasures from Planet Hollywood collection.
The auction, which ran from Wednesday to Sunday, drew more than 5,500 bidders worldwide from as far away as Tokyo and raised $15.68 million, according to Heritage Auctions. The Treasures of Planet Hollywood auction is among the most successful auctions of props and costumes, second only to the $22.8 million Debbie Reynolds auction held in 2011 by Joe Maddalena, according to the auction house.
Other top sellers included a whip from “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” which sold for $525,000; Bill Murray’s red-rose bowling ball from “Kingpin,” which sold for $350,000; and North Texan Shaquille O’Neal’s Los Angeles Lakers uniform photo-matched to Kobe Bryant’s 1996 rookie debut card, which sold for $262,500.
“There were countless bidding wars during the Treasures of Planet Hollywood auction — so many we lost track,” says Maddalena, Executive Vice President at Heritage and the man responsible for those three blockbuster events. “The extraordinary success of this auction proves what I’ve known all along: The interest in and appetite for modern-movie props and costumes — all of which were once displayed in Planet Hollywoods worldwide or part of their legendary archives — is profound, deep and insatiable.”
The pieces up for auction were previously displayed in Planet Hollywood restaurant locations worldwide. At one point, there were more than 100 locations worldwide, including in Dallas.
For the complete results of the Treasures of Planet Hollywood Auction, click here.
(Note: This video was published March 23)
