Sentimental value: Indiana Jones’ bullwhip is beaten at auction by a Titanic floating door

At an auction, the wooden slab that Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio clung to in the last moments of director James Cameron’s 1997 movie Titanic brought in more than Rs 5 crore ($718,750). Heritage Auctions said that the total amount raised at its most recent Treasures From Planet Hollywood sale was Rs 1,56,80,000 ($15.68) million.

The axe Jack Nicholson used in 1980’s The Shining, Harrison Ford’s bullwhip from 1984’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and a piece of balsa wood were among the Titanic movie props that were auctioned off.

Although moviegoers refer to the prop as the “floating door,” the auction describes it as “part of the door frame just above the ship’s first-class lounge entrance.”

Out of the 16 props that sold for more than Rs 83,36,960 ($100,000), the legendary prop was the most sought-after item of the event, selling for Rs 5 crore and $718,750 during the auction.

There were other props from Cameron’s movie offered at the auction besides the wooden door. The wheel used for the boat in the movie sold for Rs 1,66,74,030 ($200,000), while a prototype of the same piece of wood cost Rs 1,04,21,200 ($125,000).

According to a statement, the clothing Winslet wore in the movie’s last scene, in which she and DiCaprio’s character Jack fall into the ocean, sold for Rs 99,00,205 ($118,750), while a telegraph prop that was featured in the movie brought in Rs 67,73,824 ($81,250).

According to information on the Heritage Auctions website, the wood slab is “based on the most famous complete piece of debris salvaged from” the actual RMS Titanic disaster that occurred in April 1912. The question of whether DiCaprio and Winslet’s characters could have survived on top of the wooden prop used in the movie has long been a source of fan dispute.