The coat worn by Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) in the harrowing 1997 Titanic sinking sequence is set to fetch an astonishing price at auction.
Known as the “sinking cape,” the piece is estimated to fetch between $125,000 and $250,000 on a broad market. Auction of ‘showbiz memorabilia’ Organized by PropStore: will take place from August 15 to 18.
Rose is first seen wearing the light pink coat, which features black embroidery on the collar and cuffs, shortly after the ship hits the iceberg, as she, her mother, and her fiancé Cal are hanging around the ship’s Grand Staircase searching for information.
It is here that Rose is able to get an idea of the gravity of the situation from the ship’s architect, Thomas Andrews, played by Victor Garber, who tells her that the Titanic will reach the bottom of the Atlantic in just one hour.
A coat worn by Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater during the harrowing 1997 Titanic sinking sequence is expected to fetch up to $225,000 at auction.
Rose is first seen wearing the light pink coat, which features black curled embroidery on the collar and cuffs, as she, her mother, and Cal attempt to gain information from the crew.
Rose is wearing the coat as the ship’s architect, Mr. Thomas Andrews (Victor Garber), gives her the news that the Titanic will hit the bottom of the ocean in just one hour.
By this point, Cal has already framed Jack for stealing the Heart of the Ocean necklace, and Jack has been handcuffed to a pipe below deck and left for dead.
Still wearing her coat, Rose is about to board a lifeboat with her mother and Cal.
But once he realizes that Cal and his bodyguard wanted Jack to go down with the ship, he flees and embarks on a rescue mission.
She catches Mr. Andrews back in the hallway and asks him to tell her where on the ship the prisoners would be held so she can locate Jack.
Rose keeps her coat on as she enters the rising water below deck and finds Jack before heading back up a level to find help.
Once she descends again with an axe to break Jack’s handcuffs, the water has risen several feet and she throws the coat into the flooded stairwell, which is the last time we see the “sinking coat.”
It is worth noting that the costume designers created several versions of the coat for filming, given that Rose wore the coat while walking through the water.
According to PropStore Auction, the version of the coat for sale was compared on-screen by experts to the scene where Rose speaks to Mr. Andrews as she heads off to save Jack.
Rose continues to keep her coat on as she heads to a lifeboat with her mother and fiancé Cal, before fleeing once she realizes that Cal has arranged for Jack to go down with the Titanic.
Determined to rescue Jack, Rose meets Mr. Andrews once again and demands to know where the prisoners are being held. The coat in this scene matched the one on screen that was for sale.
Rose keeps her coat on as she searches for someone to help her free Jack from the handcuffs, after finding him below deck, where the water is rising rapidly.
Once Rose returns downstairs with an axe to free Jack from his handcuffs, she discovers that the water has risen and throws the coat down the stairs.
In auction lingo, “screen match” means that appraisers were able to match the item to one that appears on the screen.
In 2023, the same version of the coat. It was on sale through Goldinand eventually sold for $110,400.
Another version of the coat Sold through GWS auctions in 2019 for $270,000.
That’s still far from the highest price wealthy Titanic fans have paid for character outfits.
In 2012, the red dress with black beads that Rose wears while contemplating suicide, and meets Jack for the first time, Sold through Paul Fraser Collectibles for $330,000.
At the PropStore auction, Rose’s “sunken coat” is just one of nearly 2,000 Hollywood-related lots on offer.
Also on offer is the Wonder Woman (2017) Lasso of Freedom
A reminder of an earlier era of cinema is the Cleopatra headdress, worn by Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (1963).
Among other particularly notable items available is Indiana Jones’ signature hat, as seen in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), which is expected to fetch up to $500,000.
Then there’s the Cleopatra headdress, worn by Elizabeth Taylor in 1963’s Cleopatra, and Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth accessory from 2017.
Among the other films represented on the lots are My Fair Lady (1964), Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969), Grease (1978), Alien (197), Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983), Dirty Dancing (1987), Scream (1986), Pretty Woman (1990), Forrest Gump (1994), Gladiator (2000), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), James Bond: Skyfall (2012), Captain America: Civil War (2016), and Logan (2017).
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