Katie Winslet’s ‘Titanic’ overcoat will go on — at auction for ‘$100K plus’

Her coat will go on.

An overcoat worn by Kate Winslet in “Titanic” is up for public sale on-line by NJ-based collectibles auctioneer Goldin by way of Sept. 13.

“It’s undoubtedly a six-figure piece,” Ken Goldin, founder and CEO of the public sale home, informed The Publish. “It’s going to go for $100,000 plus.”

As of Friday evening, 5 individuals had already positioned bids, the very best being $34,000.

The actress wore the floor-length coat throughout the 1997 blockbuster’s sinking scenes — like when her character Rose rescues Jack, performed by Leonardo DiCaprio, who was handcuffed to a pole on the flooding E-deck.

It nonetheless bears water stains from the filming.

The coat, fabricated from pink wool with black embroidery, was created by Deborah Lynn Scott, who took house the Oscar for Finest Costume Design for her work on the James Cameron movie.

In 1998, movie’s manufacturing firm twentieth Century Fox offered their props from the film, which included the coat, which was made by clothes retailer the J. Peterman Company, based mostly on Scott’s design.

It got here with a letter of authenticity from the clothier and twentieth Century Fox confirming it was worn within the film.

“That particular person then stored it for a lot of years,” Goldin defined of the primary purchaser, “and offered it within the early 2000s and the proprietor who purchased it years in the past contacted us.”

He then employed Resolution Photomatching, an organization that matches worn gadgets with photos of the individual carrying them from pictures — to verify that it was the exact same one she wore.

The ornate garment is a part of Goldin 100, one of the crucial elite auctions in the public sale home’s historical past, which accommodates collectibles valued at $100,000 and above. 

Goldin predicted the customer might come from a large pool: “any film memorabilia and popular culture collector” or a “one that possibly by no means collects, however is a large fan of the film.”

“It’s an overcoat, so probably someone might want it to provide it to their spouse to indicate off and put on and say, ‘That is the coat that Kate Winslet wore.’”