The floating piece of wood, Titanic door, that kept Titanic’s Rose alive has been sold for $718,750 (Ksh94,548,500) at an auction, the BBC has reported.

Ever since the release of the 1997 film, fans have wondered whether the panel was big enough to fit her love interest Jack as well, saving him from an icy death.

It resembles a famous piece of debris salvaged from the 1912 shipwreck, according to Heritage Auctions, which offered it among a trove of memorabilia from Planet Hollywood

At the end of the movie “Titanic,” Rose floats atop an ornately decorated piece of a door frame as her beloved Jack clings to its edge, holding her hand. A rescue boat finally arrives, but in time only for Rose, promises to ” never let go” of Jack as she frees herself from his icy grip and he slips below the surface of the Atlantic.

The listing noted the prop “has caused much debate from fans”.

The sale was made during an auction of props and costumes owned by restaurant and resort chain Planet Hollywood.

The live auction was held at Heritage’s headquarters in Dallas, with several auctioneers rotating over the course of five days. The auction was also streamed on Heritage’s website.

In the blockbuster, the fictional Jack, played by Leonardo Di Caprio, insists the panel – part of a door frame – was only big enough for his lover Rose, played by Kate Winslet. He later died in the freezing Atlantic, with his body falling into the depths of the ocean.

Other props featured in the auction included the whip from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which sold for $525,000.

A Spiderman suit worn by Toby Maguire sold for $125,000, while an axe used by Jack Nicholson in The Shining to hack through a bathroom door while announcing “Here’s Johnny!” attracted the same amount.

The auction, which ended on Sunday March 24, raised $15.68m, making it the one of the most successful sales of a prop and costume collection, Heritage Auctions said.

“There were countless bidding wars… so many we lost track,” Joseph Maddalena, of Heritage, said.