Movie props from the ’90s that sold for quite a bit of dough
Most of these came from a single event: Heritage Auctions’ 2024 “Treasures from Planet Hollywood” sale, which emptied decades of memorabilia the restaurant chain had displayed in locations worldwide. Nearly 1,600 lots went under the hammer across five days, and several of the highest prices came from films released in the 1990s.
Titanic’s floating door panel — $718,750
The single most expensive item in the entire 1,600-lot auction. Technically part of a door frame rather than a door itself, this is the balsa wood panel Rose floats on at the end of the film. It opened at $40,000 and climbed to $718,750 after what Heritage Auctions described as a prolonged bidding war. View the listing
Kingpin’s “Red Rose” bowling ball — $350,000
Ernie McCracken’s translucent bowling ball from the 1996 comedy landed as the third-highest sale of the entire auction, trailing only the Titanic panel and an Indiana Jones whip.
Titanic’s ship helm wheel — $200,000
One of five separate Titanic props to place among the auction’s top sellers, this large wooden wheel from the ship’s bridge set went for $200,000.
Titanic’s chiffon “swim dress” — $118,750
Rose’s soaked chiffon evening gown from the film’s climax, worn by Kate Winslet, is another Titanic prop that cleared six figures on its own.
Terminator 2’s leather motorcycle jacket — $52,500
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s signature T-800 jacket, snap-lapel and all, sold for $52,500. Heritage Auctions posted the final sale price directly, and the full lot listing is still live on HA.com with photos.
Titanic’s brass engine order telegraph — $81,250
A large ship’s bridge instrument, the kind used to relay speed commands down to the engine room, rounded out Titanic’s showing in the auction’s upper tier.
The bottom line
All six of these came out of the same single Planet Hollywood auction, which brought in $15.68 million total across almost 1,600 items, decent evidence that ’90s blockbusters have become as collectible as fine art to the people bidding on them.
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