The prop piece of balsa wood from the movie “Titanic,” famously associated with the debate over whether Kate Winslet’s Rose and her lover, Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, could have both fit on it, has sold at auction for $718,750, according to The Guardian.

The scene in question takes place toward the end of the film after the RMS Titanic sank, leaving Jack and Rose to swirl through the freezing waters, where they manage to find a thick door that had been ripped off its hinges aboard. 

However, after they tried unsuccessfully to both fit on the floating door, Jack allows Rose to stay on while he remained mostly submerged in the water. By the time lifeboats arrived, he had frozen to death.

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