Among the pieces from the Treasures From Planet Hollywood auction, the wooden panel that saved the life of Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) in James Cameron's record-breaking 1997 romantic epic, sold for a whopping $718,750, according to a press release Monday from Heritage Auctions.
In its auction listing notes, it is revealed that the flotation prop is often mistakenly referred to as a door but it was in fact part of the door frame above the ship's first-class lounge entrance. It is designed with motifs associated with Rococo architecture.
Did the floating wooden door from Titanic beat Indiana Jones bullwhip at auction?
The iconic prop sold for Rs 5 crore $718,750 at the auction and turned out to be the event's highest-selling item, among 16 total props that sold for more than Rs 83,36,960 ($100,000). The wooden door was not the only prop from Cameron's film made available at the auction.
The whip from the 1984 Harrison Ford classic Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom sold for US$525,000 to become the most valuable prop or costume from the beloved franchise.
The auctioneer realized £1.1 million ($1.4 million) in 2013 for a violin played by bandleader Wallace Hartley as he attempted to calm Titanic passengers amid the chaos. The violin's case was offered in the same auction as Astor's pocket watch and fetched £360,000 ($452,000).
$664,000 – the final settlement for all outstanding legal claims, paid by White Star Line in December 1915. $2,500,000 – an estimate of the possible total value of claims, according to the Claimants Committee.
How much would a first class ticket on the Titanic cost today?
Second-class tickets were 12 pounds, or $60. First-class berths started at 30 pounds, or $150. Those who purchased a first-class suite paid 105,000 pounds, or over $130,000. By today's prices, first-class berths would cost $4,591, second-class tickets would be $1,834, and third-class tickets would be $1,071.
Titanic's Controversial Door Frame Is An Accurate Replica
First off, the now infamous door in the third act of Titanic isn't a door but a door frame, and it's based on the real designs of the Titanic's luxurious insides.
What happened to the bodies trapped in the Titanic?
Of the 337 bodies recovered, 119 were buried at sea. 209 were brought back to Halifax. 59 were claimed by relatives and shipped to their home communities. The remaining 150 victims are buried in three cemeteries: Fairview Lawn, Mount Olivet and Baron de Hirsch.
He estimated the 56,000-tonne ship would cost between $500m and $1 billion, as per a Guardian report. ''Titanic II is something that needed to be built.
The shipbuilding firm of Harland and Wolffe built Titanic for the White Star steamship company. White Star funded the ship. I'm sure it seemed an excellent investment as the famous banker J.P.Morgan was one of the White Star companys'directors.
The Titanic was estimated to have cost around $7.5 million in 1912, reported the History Channel, which, according to the US Department of Labor's inflation calculator, would be around $231 million.
Astor was the richest passenger aboard the RMS Titanic and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time, with a net worth of roughly $87 million (equivalent to $2.75 billion in 2023) when he died.
How long did it take Titanic to hit the ocean floor?
At 2:29, the bow struck the bottom of the ocean. Falling nearly vertical at about 4 mph, the stern crashed into the ocean floor 27 minutes later. The two pieces of the Titanic lie 2,000 feet apart, pointing in opposite directions beneath 12,500 feet of water.
No one was charged. Indeed Captain Smith and the Titanic's designer, Thomas Andrews, both went down with the ship. Two enquiries were held, one by the British Wreck Commissioner on behalf of the Board of Trade, which lasted for 42 days, and one by the US Senate which lasted for 18 days.
John Jacob Astor IV was one of the wealthiest people in the world when he perished in the Titanic sinking. His life was marked by amazing innovations and wealth, but scandal as well. Astor's wife, who was 30 years younger than him when they married, was pregnant aboard the Titanic and survived.
Molly Brown. She is standing regally, holding a parasol. She's probably the most famous survivor of the Titanic and there's much more to her story than making it to land after watching the ship sink to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912.
The violin of Titanic bandleader Wallace Henry Hartley was found strapped to his body when it was discovered two weeks after the sinking. Its case had preserved the violin, which was initially given to a Salvation Army musician by Hartley's fiancee, but was later sold for $1.7m (approximately £1.3m) at auction.
What item from the Titanic was auctioned off for $100,000?
Titanic first-class menu and victim's pocket watch each sell at auction for over $100,000. A rare menu from the Titanic's first-class restaurant sold at auction over the weekend along with a pocket watch from a man who died in the 1912 disaster at sea and a deck blanket from the ill-fated ocean liner.
The Virginia court specializes in cases of shipwreck recovery and in 1994 granted exclusive salvage rights to RMS Titanic, Inc., which is based in Atlanta, Ga. The company has retrieved many artifacts from the ship and set up a number of public exhibitions.
