By Andre Rhoden-PaulBBC News1 hour agoImage supply, CBS Photograph ArchiveImage caption, The well-known scene has prompted debate amongst followers over the scale of the floating wooden panelThe floating piece of wooden that saved Titanic’s Rose alive has been offered for $718,750 (£569,739) at public sale. Ever for the reason that launch of the 1997 movie, followers have puzzled whether or not the panel was sufficiently big to suit her love curiosity Jack as properly, saving him from an icy dying. The itemizing famous the prop “has brought on a lot debate from followers”. The sale was made throughout an public sale of props and costumes owned by restaurant and resort chain Planet Hollywood. Within the blockbuster, the fictional Jack, performed by Leonardo Di Caprio, insists the panel – a part of a door body – was solely sufficiently big for his lover Rose, performed by Kate Winslet. He later died within the freezing Atlantic, along with his physique falling into the depths of the ocean.In a 2012 episode of Mythbusters, Titanic director James Cameron revealed he receives dozens of emails a day calling Rose “egocentric” and Jack an “fool” over the scene. However he put an finish to the talk, saying Jack needed to die in line with the script. “Perhaps we screwed up and the board ought to have been a tiny bit smaller, however the dude’s happening,” he mentioned. The prop, typically mistaken for a door, was based mostly on a whole piece of particles salvaged from the 1912 tragedy, in line with auctioneers Heritage Auctions.And addressing the talk over whether or not the panel may have accommodate each, the itemizing states: “The prop measures approx. 8′ lengthy (2.4m) and 41” (1m) extensive.”Picture supply, Heritage AuctionsImage caption, The ornate detailing on the prop was impressed by particles salvaged from the true TitanicOther props featured within the public sale included the whip from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which offered for $525,000. A Spiderman go well with worn by Toby Maguire offered for $125,000, whereas an axe utilized by Jack Nicholson in The Shining to hack by way of a toilet door whereas asserting “This is Johnny!” attracted the identical quantity. The public sale, which ended on Sunday night, raised $15.68m, making it the one of the vital profitable gross sales of a prop and costume assortment, Heritage Auctions mentioned.”There have been numerous bidding wars… so many we misplaced observe,” Joseph Maddalena, of Heritage, mentioned.