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‘Titanic’ floating door prop that saved Rose — but sadly not Jack — auctioned off for startling amount

James Cameron’s “Titanic” was officially sold at the Treasures From Planet Hollywood auction last week for a whopping $718,750. According to Heritage Auctions, the prop was the most bid-upon item despite being surrounded by other iconic pieces of Hollywood’s legacy. In the film, the door is used when Rose (Kate Winslet) and Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) attempt to lie on the piece of wood while awaiting rescue shortly after the RMS Titanic sinks.
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King Charles’ childhood items up for auction could fetch thousands: ‘Touching collection’
her iconic handbags.Prince Philip is shown sporting a smart dinner suit and bow tie – and the poignant sketches are inscribed “Mummy” and “Papa.”A very young Charles created them around 1953-1955, when he was 5 or 6 years old, said SWNS.The drawings are now expected to fetch between £5,000-£10,000 (roughly $6,300-$13,000) when they go under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers, in Etwall, Derbyshire, England, on June 16.They are part of what’s said to be an “extraordinary” royal memorabilia collection, which includes 10 early drawings by the recently coronated King Charles.It also includes royal letters, family photos, Christmas cards and a 1937 Buckingham Palace manuscript menu diary.They were mostly amassed from the 1950s-1970s by Henry Ramsay Maule, an author, journalist and former royal correspondent.Maule, of Reading, was the author of several books and worked as a British correspondent at the New York Daily News for 21 years, specializing in royal stories.Under a pseudonym, he also wrote “All The Queen’s Children,” an authoritative book about Queen Elizabeth II’s offspring.He was a friend of royal photographer  Marcus  Adams and apparently enjoyed a long working friendship with members of the royal household, said SWNS.Maule also gained the approval of the palace to write a biography of Prince Philip.He was in the process of collating information for this with the “downstairs” help of long-standing royal servant Charlie when he sadly passed away. The items, given to him to assist with his work, were inherited by his family when he died in 1981 and are now being sold on June 16.“This is an extraordinarily touching collection.” Said Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers.He added, “These poignant childhood
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Tom Petty’s iconic black & white jacket up for auction
late singer’s wardrobe hit the auction block on Friday and can be bid on online until June 18.The highlight of the lot, which contains 45 pieces of Petty’s prized possessions, is the black-and-white striped satin jacket he donned on the cover of the UK single for his 1978 hit, “Listen to Her Heart.”“For people my age, that’s Tom Petty, you know,” Bobby Livingston, executive vice president of Boston-based RR Auction, which is hosting the sale, told The Post.“Because of people’s love and emotional connection to Tom, I wouldn’t be surprised if this goes somewhere in the mid-five figures.”The eclectic clothing collection is from Petty’s Encino, California, home, which Chase Bank took possession of in 2015.“When he divorced his first wife [Jane Benyo], she got the house and then she defaulted on the mortgage, so the bank took possession of the home and its contents and these were all disposed of by the bank,” explained Livingston. Other articles for sale belonging to the “Free Fallin'” rocker, who died in 2017 at age 66 from an accidental overdose, include the black denim jacket he sported on tour with Guns N’ Roses in 1987 and during a 1989 MTV Video Music Awards performance with Axl Rose.He also had a penchant for wearing hats, and many of them, including a Burmese cap adorned with yellow flowers and two elephants, are included in the assortment.
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