The yearly Bonham's Aston Martin Sale will once again offer some stunning James Bond models, including a grey 1964 DB5, 2003 Vanquish and 1989 V8 Volante.

The Aston Martin Sale will take place at Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe on 19 May 2019, and features Aston Martin & Lagonda Motor Cars and related automobilia.

A beautifully restored Aston Martin DB5 in silver grey is offered with an estimated price of £620,000 - 680,000 (€720,000 - 790,000 / $810,000 - 890,000).

The DB5 was made famous by the appearance in several James Bond films. The car on offer has the same color as Bond's car and is in immaculate condition.

Another Bond style car is the 2003 Aston Martin Vanquish, the same type of car as driven by James Bond in Die Another Day (2002).

Estimated price for the Vanquish is £65,000 - 80,000 (€75,000 - 92,000), which seems low for one of the most beautiful Aston Martins ever made.

The 1989 Aston Martin V8 Volante offered at the Bonham's Aston Martin Sale is similar to the V8 Vantage Series III driven by James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987).

Estimated price of this beauty is £220,000 - 250,000 (€250,000 - 290,000).

Sotheby's Fine Jewels sale on Wednesday 5 June 2019 in London will feature the iconic ‘All the Time in the World’ ring, one of only two made for James Bond’s fateful wedding in the 1969 film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

Charles de Temple 'All the Time in the World' wedding ring On Her Majesty's Secret Service
photo © Sotheby's

The ring was designed by seminal 1960s designer Charles de Temple. The bi-coloured openwork band composed of letters spelling the phrase 'All the Time in the World' around both the exterior and interior, size K, signed C de T, fitted case stamped Charles de Temple.

Lot number 131 at the sale is accompanied by a letter from an employee of Charles de Temple, and a facsimile of a letter from the consignor detailing the provenance of the ring.

This distinctive ring was one of only two designed by Charles de Temple for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The ring is central to the film's narrative, as it serves as the wedding ring given by Bond (George Lazenby) to the Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) on the occasion of their wedding, 007's only marriage.

Charles de Temple 'All the Time in the World' wedding ring On Her Majesty's Secret Service
photo © Sotheby's

The romantic message 'All the Time in the World' spelled out by the ring's design is a recurring theme throughout the film, and  also the title of the film's theme song, performed by Louis Armstrong. However, the phrase also takes on a poignant tone as the final words of the film - Bond's bride is tragically killed by assassins shortly after their wedding, and Bond reads the words on the ring aloud as he cradles her in his arms.

Diana Rigg and George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
photo ©1969 Danjaq S.A. & United Artists Corporation.

The present owner was a close family friend of Charles de Temple, and received this ring as a gift from one of de Temple's financial backers shortly after the film wrapped.

The ring's eyecatching bi-coloured design and its unusual prominence in the film brought de Temple considerable success, and to meet demand, de Temple produced a limited edition of 50 copies, of a similar design to the original but reading 'All the Love in the World'.

Estimate price: £6,000 - 8,000 ($7,800 - 10,500 / €7,000 - 9,200).

The Fine Jewels sale includes an eclectic array of pieces, with a strong emphasis on jewels from the ‘Jazz Age’, including jewels by renowned makers such as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Boucheron.

For more information visit the Sotheby's website.

Julien's Auctions offers some interesting James Bond lots in their upcoming two-day Legends Auction on Thursday, June 13th and Friday, June 14th in Beverly Hills and live online at www.JuliensLive.com.

All eras and genres of Hollywood and entertainment are represented, reflecting the best in film and television, as well as other popular areas of collecting.

One of the lots up for auction is a two-piece Tom Ford dinner suit worn by Daniel Craig as James Bond 007 in SPECTRE (2015).

This is the same suit that was sold for £27,500 (at the time approx. $39,270 / €35,228) during the Christie's SPECTRE Auction in London in 2016.

The ivory single-breasted silk blend faille dinner jacket is labeled Made in Switzerland, with tailor's label to interior pocket embroidered "Tom Ford, Daniel Craig, Bond 24." The care label with further details reads "Daniel Craig- James Bond" and size 48R. Black wool trousers have satin stripes to the side seams. The trousers have a Tom Ford label and a care label that reads "Daniel Craig- James Bond." Accompanied by a Tom Ford white cotton dress shirt with pleated front and double cuffs with a care label that reads "Daniel Craig James Bond," a black pleated silk cummerbund labeled "Tom Ford," black silk faille bow tie, white braces, and red fabric carnation. Accompanied by a copy of the film.

Estimated price for the Tom Ford suit is $30,000 - $50,000.

Another interesting object is a chair from the Aston Martin DBS driven by James Bond in the opening sequence of Quantum of Solace (2008).

The custom-made seat from the Aston Martin DBS was modified to accommodate an over-the-shoulder camera rig used in Quantum of Solace. The leather and suede fitted seat has "DBS" embroidered on the headrest. The modified carbon fiber back and headrest have been sliced at a 45-degree angle at the rear to allow the chair to be folded over in order for the cameraman to film from the back seat with a clear view of Daniel Craig. The seat can be seen in the high-speed chase scenes of the pre-title sequence. The two sections of the seat have been reconnected with a locking pin to allow a return to its natural form. Accompanied by a podium with a plaque that describes the seat as well as "DBS Hand built in England" plaques and a copy of the film.

Estimate auction price for the DBS chair is $4,000 - $6,000.

An always popular Casino Royale $100 chip will be offered, with an estimate of $400 - $600.

The black and red clay poker chip for $100, marked "Casino Royale" is one of multiple chips used in Casino Royale during the high-stakes poker game between Bond, played by Daniel Craig, and terrorist financier Le Chiffre, played by Mads Mikkelsen.

If you can't make it out to Beverly Hills to bid in person in this auction, you can still watch all the action as well as bid online at julienslive.com.

The Prop Store Cinema Poster Live Auction on 25 June 2019 features many vintage James Bond posters.

With 441 lots of rare posters and artwork from over 320 films, the live event will feature an interactive webcast, with bidding available online, by phone or in person.

More than 50 James Bond posters will be on offer, we take a look at some of the highlights:

Lot #116 - Dr No (1962) - UK Quad Poster 1962
Estimate £7,000 - £10,000

UK Quad poster for the first James Bond film Dr No (1962). The poster illustration by American artist Mitchell Hooks, shows Sean Connery as James Bond in a typical iconic pose. This particular poster remains in scarce unrestored and excellent condition.

Lot #122 - From Russia With Love (1963) - UK Quad Poster 1963
Estimate £5,000 - £6,000

UK Quad poster for the second James Bond film From Russia With Love (1963) in excellent condition. Renato Fratini's illustration is regarded by many as the "best" James Bond Quad poster.

Lot #124 - Goldfinger (1964) - UK Quad Poster 1964
Estimate £4,000 - £5,000

UK Quad poster for Goldfinger (1964). Graphic designer Robert Brownjohn eschewed a painted design for the poster using a striking photographic display instead.

Lot #118 - Dr No (1962) - German A0 Poster 1962
Estimate £600 - £800

German A0 poster for Dr No (1962) with poster illustration by Atelier Degen. The poster presents a montage of tinted photographic images from the film with Degen's painted illustration of James Bond superimposed on top. German A0 posters were printed in relatively small numbers making this poster scarce.

Also interesting are these Aston Martin Eyewear posters from August Wulf.

Lot #120 - Aston Martin (1990s) - Aston Martin / August Wulf Poster
Estimate £100 - £200

Although ostensibly a poster to promote the Aston Martin tie-in with the eye-wear designer August Wulf, the James Bond connotations are very obvious with the use of the phrase "For Your Eyes Only".

Lot #121 - Aston Martin (2002) - Aston Martin / August Wulf Poster
Estimate £100 - £200
This poster features an Aston Martin Vanquish and James Bond eye / silhouette.

Although the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish pictured was used in the James Bond film Die Another Day (2002), this poster was designed to promote the Aston Martin / August Wulf line of eye-wear. However, the silhouetted figure top right clearly mimics a classic James Bond pose, the advertisers keen to exploit the Aston Martin connection to the Bond franchise.

Bids can be placed online before the auction, and during the live auction on June 25th 2019.

For all James Bond posters, auction info and bidding, visit the Prop Store Auction website.

One of the original James Bond Aston Martin DB5 cars will be offered by RM Sotheby's during the Monterey classic car auction on 15 August 2019 in California, USA.

One of the original James Bond Aston Martin DB5 cars for sale

This car with chassis DB5/2008/R is one of two examples directly purchased by Eon Productions for the launch of Thunderball and the third of four examples built per Q Branch specifications as featured in Goldfinger.

The estimated sale price is $4mln - 6mln.

'The most famous car in the world'

RM Auctions has offered the same car in 2006, when it sold for $2,090,000. In 2010, RM Auctions sold chassis no. DB5/1486/R, licence plate FMP 7B, which was one of the road cars used in Goldfinger, for £2,912,000.

The now offered chassis DB5/2008/R is one of only three surviving Bond cars. This particular car was commissioned by Eon Productions to be outfitted with full MI6 Q specifications as pictured in Goldfinger, with functional modifications created by special-effects expert John Stears. Chassis 2008/R was one of two built from new with Bond gadgetry, destined for North America as a promotional campaign for Thunderball, the fourth film in the James Bond series. Following the tour, chassis 2008/R would change hands only three times, including a 35-year period as the centerpiece of the Smokey Mountain Car Museum. A no-expense-spared restoration has since been completed by official Aston Martin heritage specialists Roos Engineering in Switzerland, with all Stears-designed Bond modifications refurbished to function as originally intended.

Having had just three private owners from new, the DB5 is presented during RM Sotheby’s ‘An Evening with Aston Martin’ single-marque sale session, 15 August, in beautifully restored condition, with all 13 gadgets in fully functioning order.

Oil-slick and smoke-screen dispensers

The story of the Aston Martin DB5 chassis DB5/2008/R

No one could have predicted back in 1965 the fabulously successful multi-decade synergy that would develop when two men from the movie business visited Aston Martin’s Newport-Pagnell plant in late 1963. Ken Adam and John Stears, respectively a production designer and a special effects man, were on a mission from producers Albert “Cubby” Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. They were to source a pair of the latest Aston Martins for use in Eon Productions’ third adaptation of an Ian Fleming novel, Goldfinger.

In typical moviemaking fashion, the producers wanted two near-identical cars to fulfill various roles during filming. One would be required for stunt driving and chase sequences, and therefore needed to be lightweight and fast. The other, to be used for interior shots and close-ups, was to undergo several functional modifications created by Stears, the kind that would furnish James Bond with an unprecedented amount of gadgetry.

Fender-mounted Browning .30-caliber machine guns

Despite the filmmakers’ expectation that Aston Martin would happily give them two cars for promotional benefits, marque president David Brown insisted that the production company buy the cars outright. Eventually a compromise was reached in which two cars were loaned to Eon Productions for the duration of filming, after which they would be returned to Aston Martin.

Though John Stears’ revolutionary Oscar-winning work on the original Star Wars movie of 1977 was yet more than a decade away, his ingenuity was already evident in the modifications that he made for the special-effects Aston Martin. The first James Bond car was also the DB5 prototype and bore a special chassis number prefix denoting it as a development project, DP/216/1.

As Desmond Llewelyn’s legendary weapons-master Q would go on to explain to Sean Connery’s 007, the Snow Shadow Gray–painted DB5 was equipped with front and rear hydraulic over-rider rams on the bumpers, a Browning .30-caliber machine gun in each fender, wheel-hub-mounted tire slashers, a retractable rear bulletproof screen, an in-dash radar-tracking scope, oil-slick, caltrop, and smoke-screen dispensers, revolving license plates, and a passenger-seat ejection system.

All gadgets are meticulously restored to fully working order

Also equipped, although never used during the film, was a telephone in the driver’s door to communicate with MI6 headquarters, as well as a hidden compartment under the driver’s seat containing several weapons.

Ejector seat system on the Aston Martin DB5

“Ejector seat?” Bond exclaimed with a smile. “You’re joking?!”

“I never joke about my work, 007,” retorted Q, deadly serious.

Ejector seat button

The smash success of Goldfinger was also a success for Aston Martin, which received free promotion around the world and saw DB5 sales surge to fuel an unprecedented level of production. The producers at Eon took notice of the enormous appeal and potential marketing opportunities. In preparation for Thunderball’s release, the company ordered two more DB5 saloons, receiving chassis nos. DB5/2008/R (the featured example) and DB5/2017/R. The two cars were shipped to the United States for media duties for Thunderball. One was dispatched to the East Coast, and the other to the West. The latter DB5 even appeared at Laguna Seca as a pace car driven by Jackie Stewart.

Center-console defense-mechanism controls

Both cars were fitted with all of Adam’s Goldfinger modifications, but this time the gadgets were installed by Aston Martin and intended to be more durable than those on DP/216, whose gadgetry was comparatively very primitive, as they were never designed to function for more than one take thanks to careful editing! This car’s gadgets, on the other hand, were designed and built to function repeatedly on command, as they do today.

After completion of Thunderball, the two cars were largely mothballed as yet two more Bond films followed with different automobiles in the hero roles. Accordingly, the production company’s parent financier, the Swiss-based Danjaq S.A., quietly offered the two cars for sale in 1969, and they were soon bought as a pair by the well-known British collector Anthony (now Lord) Bamford. He quickly sold 2017/R but retained possession of 2008/R until 1970, and the British registration for the car in his name remains on file.

Rising rear bulletproof screen

The Aston Martin build record lists Eon Productions as the original purchaser along with the important designation of this being a “Bond Car.” Under Bamford’s ownership the saloon returned to the factory for service, and it received a host of freshening and mechanical measures, all of which are documented on the build record.

Bamford then sold DB5/2008/R to B.H. Atchley, the owner of the Smokey Mountain Car Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The unique Aston Martin was soon featured as the museum’s centerpiece in a rather unusual display, as the car was encased in a large wire-mesh cage that was bolted to the floor, ensuring it would never be idly touched or pawed by starstruck visitors. The DB5 remained in this pristine state of display for 35 years, receiving regular start-ups for exercise during this time.

Radar-tracking GPS system

In 2006, RM Auctions was privileged to offer this Bond DB5 for public sale and it sold for $2.1mln. While some of the Bond contraptions were restored into functioning order prior to the 2006 offering, a majority of the car remained otherwise unrestored. Since that time a no-expense-spared restoration by the esteemed Roos Engineering in Switzerland was completed, as documented by numerous invoices and photographs. Roos Engineering is also one of 13 facilities whom Aston Martin have appointed as official Heritage Specialists who have the highest order of depth, expertise, and experience with the marque. Not only were the chassis and body completely refinished to proper standards, but all 13 of the Ken Adam–designed modifications were properly refurbished to function as originally built. Following completion of the four-year restoration, the Aston Martin was the subject of a feature article on the Bond DB5 cars that was printed in the October 2012 issue of Motor.

The gadgets that are hidden in a tray under the seat

Being the third of just four Goldfinger-specification DB5 examples built, this Aston Martin is automatically endowed with a high degree of rarity.

In 2013, here at Bond Lifestyle we reported that the same car was offered for sale for $4.7 million by Richard Stewart Williams Ltd, but it is unclear if the car sold.

It should be noted that the first John Stears–modified car has been lost since 1997, narrowing the number of surviving examples to just three cars. Of these survivors, one car (chassis no. 1486/R, which was sold by RM Auctions in 2010 for £2,912,000) was originally unmodified, as it was used for driving sequences and only had gadgets added later. Most important, this car was built with all gadgetry from new, elevating its status and importance. In addition to this distinction, DB5/2008/R has benefited from an extremely minimal chain of ownership: just three private owners over 50 years, including a 35-year period of museum exhibition.

Sean Connery about the DB5
Reached through his son, Stephane Connery, ahead of the sale, Sean Connery said, “These DB5s are amazing. I remember the Furka Pass tire shredding, as well as the promotional events with these cars - they have become increasingly iconic since Goldfinger and Thunderball. In fact, I bought a very fine DB5 myself relatively recently.”

Built for Eon Productions, fitted with gadgetry from new, documented with “Bond Car” designation on the Aston Martin build record, Anthony Bamford’s 1969 registration, and restoration invoices and photos, this James Bond Aston Martin is a fabulously rare example of what author Dave Worrall termed “The Most Famous Car in the World,” as he titled his 1993 book on the subject.

The auction will take place at RM Sotheby’s flagship Monterey classic car auction, 15-17 August 2019.

Watch the RM Sotheby's video of the DB5:

All photos © RM Sotheby's

Peter Harrington, the UK’s largest rare bookseller, this year celebrates its 50th anniversary, and is thrilled to offer for sale an exceptional collection of Ian Fleming material for £2.5m, which it will be exhibiting at this year’s Masterpiece Art Fair in London. It is the most significant Fleming Collection to ever appear on the market and contains inscribed first editions of every James Bond book published in the author’s lifetime.

The exceptional collection features 81 rare first editions, every lifetime edition of the Bond books signed by the author, together with manuscripts, pre-publication proofs, advance copies, related correspondence and ephemera, also first editions of all Fleming’s non-fiction books, and a selection of books from his library, ranging from a Boy’s Own Annual given to him as a 10-year-old boy, to Raymond Chandler’s last novel inscribed for him by the author

It is remarkably rare to see a whole collection like this for sale, as they are usually broken up, and it will appeal to someone looking to acquire a complete and exceptional Fleming collection all in one go. This collection is the highest valued Peter Harrington has ever offered for sale. The 81 items come from a New York collector, who has been assembling the collection for over 30 years and it is offered for sale as a collection only for £2.5m (approx $3.1m / €2.8m).

Amongst the books with inscriptions are some sensational associations:
- An omnibus edition of Casino Royale, From Russia With Love and Dr No inscribed to James Bond;
- Live and Let Die inscribed to Winston Churchill;
- The Spy Who Loved Me inscribed to Robert Kennedy;
- Moonraker inscribed to Raymond Chandler;
- From Russia with Love bearing a personal inscription from Fleming to his wife.

The Collection also includes a number of manuscripts, pre-publication proofs, advance copies and ephemera, and a number of books from Fleming’s personal library. These include a notebook kept by Fleming on a trip to Japan, from which selected passages appear in You Only Live Twice, books from his childhood and a copy of Raymond Chandler’s last novel inscribed to Fleming by the author.

An indication of the price trend of James Bond first editions can be seen with a particularly fine copy of Casino Royale which Peter Harrington have been lucky enough to sell four times in the past few years: for £22,000 in 2002; £26,000 in 2006; £30,000 in 2008; and in 2013, for £50,000.

Pom Harrington owner of Peter Harrington Rare Books says: “The significance of this collection cannot be overstated. From typescripts which document Fleming’s creative process, to inscriptions which provide an insight into his personal life, few collections tell such a complete story about an author. We are extremely excited to be able to present it at this year’s Masterpiece fair, alongside a selection of other carefully chosen items.”

The Masterpiece Art Fair in London takes place in the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea from Thursday 27th June until Wednesday 3rd July and is open daily from 11am until 7pm on Friday 28th, Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th June and until 9pm on all other days. The Preview Day is on Wednesday 26th June.

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Some highlights of the collection:

Gilt-Edged Bonds Inscribed to James Bond

A presentation copy of Gilt-Edged Bonds (1961), the first Omnibus edition of Casino Royale, From Russia With Love and Dr No, inscribed by Ian Fleming to a person who shared his name with Fleming’s hero: “To James Bond from Ian Fleming”.

Live and Let Die (1954) Inscribed to Winston Churchill

A superb presentation first edition, inscribed by Ian Fleming to Winston Churchill: “To Sir Winston Churchill, from whom I stole words! From the author. 1954”. The inscription refers to the Churchill quote regarding the secret services that is used on the front flap of the dust jacket, taken from his Thoughts and Adventures.

Since his boyhood, Ian Fleming was a great admirer of Winston Churchill. His father, Valentine Fleming, served in Churchill’s old regiment during the First World War. When Valentine was killed Churchill wrote an appreciation for him in The Times which Ian Fleming framed and hung in his various homes throughout his life. Churchill gets a passing reference in From Russia, With Love, where Bond's housekeeper refuses to call anyone "sir" save for the King and Winston Churchill.

The Spy Who Loved Me (1962) Inscribed to Robert Kennedy

A first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Ian Fleming to Robert Kennedy “to [Herr?] Robert Kennedy from [Herr?] Ian Fleming”. Fleming first met Robert Kennedy's brother, the future president John F. Kennedy, in Washington in March 1960. Fleming had dinner with John F. Kennedy, and their discussions on the Cuban threat interested John, who was already a fan of James Bond. Through John, Fleming became acquainted with Robert, and he sent inscribed copies of his books to both Robert and John and to their sister Eunice Shriver. John F. Kennedy later told Life Magazine of his fondness for James Bond, which was enthusiastically quoted on the dust jacket of the US edition of the Spy Who Loved Me, a major boost for Bond’s popularity in America.

On 20 June 1962, Ian Fleming wrote to Robert Kennedy (then Attorney General) “I am delighted to take this opportunity to thank Kennedys everywhere for the electric effect their commendation has had on my sales in America.”

Moonraker (1955) Inscribed to Raymond Chandler and containing Chandler’s notes

An outstanding association first edition, inscribed by Ian Fleming to the novelist Raymond Chandler “To Field Marshall Chandler from Private Ian Fleming 1955”. Despite the deferential inscription, Fleming’s homage to the writer he admired so greatly, this did not prevent Chandler from reading the book with a critical eye. On the first page of text, Chandler notes in the margin that the Colt Detective Special mentioned in the text has a "2 1/2 barrel" (p. 9). He sums up the first chapter as "All Padding" (p. 18), and a description of Bond's day on p. 15 as "Bad". He has added about 24 words in manuscript on the rear flap of the jacket. Chandler did review the book encouragingly in the Sunday Times though.

The inscription is expressive of the remarkable friendship which grew up between the two masters of the thriller, creators of two of the century’s most memorable fictional characters, James Bond and Philip Marlowe. Fleming had long admired Chandler’s work before their first meeting over a dinner in London in May 1955, shortly after the publication of Moonraker, and with Diamonds are Forever completed. Fleming treated him with deference and the two got on well together. Fleming inscribed Moonraker to Chandler in 1955, possibly at this meeting.

This meeting was of enormous consequence to Fleming's literary career as in March 1955 after completing the manuscript of Diamonds Are Forever, Fleming seemed to have had enough of James Bond. However, Chandler encouraged Fleming, praising the second Bond novel Live and Let Die, and writing a testimonial about the book for Fleming's publishers. Chandler's approval seemed to make Fleming quickly decide that his next book, instead of finishing Bond off for good, would go to the opposite extreme. It would be different from any other book he had written, it would have depth and seriousness. Consequently, it can be affirmed that Chandler transformed Moonraker from among the last Bond books to the third of fourteen; Peter Harrington feel that few conceivable copies could be more desirable.

From Russia with Love Inscribed to Fleming’s Wife Ann (1957)

A first edition, inscribed by Fleming to his wife Ann Charteris, “To Annie, with love and lashes, Ian”, the lashes referring to their sexual preferences.

Archive for the dust jacket of "For Your Eyes Only" by Richard Chopping (1959 – 1960)

A series of twenty-two autograph and typed letters signed and sent between Ian Fleming, Michael Howard, his agent, and Fleming’s dust-jacket artist of choice, Richard Chopping, documenting the conception and creation of Chopping’s jacket design for Fleming’s For Your Eyes Only. The collection contains a number of drafts and colour palettes for the dust jacket, as well as a final sketch and is housed in a custom-made blue cloth folder.

You Only Live Twice: Manuscript Notebook (1962)

Fleming’s fascinating small notebook kept while jaunting around Japan in 1962 with Dick Hughes, containing travelogue impressions, hotel and restaurant addresses, schedules, linguistic notes (Moshimoh - hello!), philosophical responses (“[Drawing of a Yin-Yang symbol] Only the good can be bad - only the believer can blaspheme - only the black can be white.”), and most importantly several long passages that he would later incorporate almost verbatim into You Only Live Twice (1964).

The final typescript of Diamonds Are Forever, with Fleming's revisions (1965-6)

Ian Fleming's 277 page revised typescript of Diamonds are Forever, with numerous autograph additions. The typescript is peppered throughout with tweaks, written in Fleming's characteristic blue ballpoint. Many tighten the plot, while some are more minor: a telephone number, for example, gets altered from Wisconsin 9.00456 to Wisconsin 7.3697.

Others add vigour to the prose: when Bond checks himself into the Hotel Astor, Fleming originally wrote "in front of an elderly woman"; but changed it to "before a hatchet-faced woman with a bosom like a sandbag". On page 88, "too many expense-account customers" becomes "too much expense-account aristocracy". While most pages contain one or two alterations, more substantial additions appear in eight places.

Chapter 17 was originally called "Bond Forces the Race" but becomes "Thanks for the Ride". Every now and then the nagging voice of the publisher's reader can be heard, protesting at one point "but surely the world's diamond centre is Amsterdam?" This final draft was typed by Fleming's secretary Ulrica Knowles.

Ian Fleming’s copy of The Boy's Own Annual (1918)

This copy of the Boy’s Own Annual was published just before the end of the Great War and was given to Ian Fleming, when he was a ten-year-old boy, just after the war ended, by his mother, with the inscription, “Ian, from Mama, Christmas 1918”. Clearly this book, full of stories of adventure and empire, was important to Fleming, and in later years he affixed to it a photograph of himself in naval uniform.

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To view the full list of items in the Fleming Collection click here.

This amazing collection will be available at Masterpiece Art Fair at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea from Thursday 27th June until Wednesday 3rd July and is open daily from 11am until 7pm on Friday 28th, Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th June and until 9pm on all other days. The Preview Day is on Wednesday 26th June.

Visit Peter Harrington's website for more interesting Ian Fleming offerings, or the Masterpiece Art Fair website for more information.

Profiles in History will auction a wide selection of Hollywood memorabilia including Sean Connery's James Bond Moon Buggy seen in Diamonds Are Forever. Also on offer are Goldfinger prop gold bars, “Moonraker 5” space shuttle filming miniature from Moonraker, Pierce Brosnan’s exploding pen in Goldeneye, cigarette rocket dart from You Only Live Twice and much more.

The auction "Icons & Legends of Hollywood" will take place from September 25-26, 2019 in Calabasas, California.

Lot 425 Prop gold bars from Goldfinger

Set of 4 gold bars constructed of a sold cast plaster, studio painted in metallic gold.

Estimate $1500 - $2000

Lot 426 Poster for Goldfinger

Vintage original 1-sheet poster.
Estimate $300 - $500

Lot 427 Cigarette rocket dart from You Only Live Twice

The rocket dart is visible when James Bond  (Sean Connery) tours a ninja training facility and is introduced to the weapon.

Estimate $3000 - $5000

Lot 428 Thompson machine gun SFX prop You Only Live Twice

Metal wood prop gun and shoulder strap.  Tommy guns like this are highly visible throughout the movie.

Estimate $3000 - $5000

Lot 429 SPECTRE Henchman SIG SG 510 prop battle rifle On Her Majesty's Secret Service

This type of rifle is visible during the mountain and ski chase scenes.

Estimate $2000 - $3000

Lot 430 Moon Buggy Diamonds Are Forever

One of the highlights of this auction is the Diamonds Are Forever Moon Buggy.

The Moon Buggy was conceptualized by Academy Award-winning production designer Ken Adam and built by famed California custom car designer/fabricator Dean Jeffries. The Moon Buggy was used in the famous chase sequence as James Bond (Sean Connery) escapes from Willard Whyte's Tectronics Space Center outside Las Vegas in the Nevada desert.

The 4-wheeled vehicle is constructed from a welded tubulal steel frame clad in aluminum paneling ad cockpit covered with a Plexiglass dome hinged on one side and a radar dish unit mounted behind. An 'arm' with claw implement in attached on each side and a red sphere is attached at the rear. Unlike many other Bond vehicles, there was only one Moon Buggy built. Following production it was used as the centrepiece of a worldwide publicity tour to promote the film. Over time it fell in a state of disrepair until it was restored in the 1990s. 

The Moon Buggy was sold for £23,900 on December 14th, 2004 during a Christie's South Kensington auction.

Estimate $400,000 - $600,000

Lot 431 Charles Gray 'Blofeld' signature jacket from Diamonds Are Forever

This tan wool coat with white pointed collar, 4-front pouch pockets, button front closure, interior lined in beige satin. An inside label reads M. Bermans Ltd., Charles Grey.

The jacket from Angels Costumes was sold at Bonham's November 16, 2005 auction (lot 485) when it sold for £11,400 ($13,997) inc. premium.

Lot 432 Hero Shark Gun with compressed air bullets and accessories from Live And Let Die

This is Dr Kananga's articulating air pistol prop with detachable barrel, 3-copper metal CO2 canisters, 7-tooled aluminum compressed air bullets, 1 cleaning brush tool and 1 glass and copper bottle, all housed in a fitted foam and blue felt briefcase with carrying handle and 2 locks (no keys).

A small engraved steel plaque within the case reads "Type 936MK1 Mod 1.2. Ref. No 11D/7".

The suitcase can be seen when Roger Moore as James Bond takes a pistol firing compressed air pellets to save Solitaire (Jane Seymour) on San Monique. Kananga takes the gun and fires it at a black vinyl couch. One of the shark bullets from this gun is the device used to dispatch the villain Kananga in his climactic confrontation with Bond at the end of the movie.

Estimate $60,000 - $80,000

Lot 433 HMS Ranger submarine filming miniature The Spy Who Loved Me

This miniature submarine created by master model maker Derek Meddings was used by the special effects team to create the scene of scale for the opening sequences of The Spy Who Loved Me. The miniature is missing a tail fin and front dive plates. It measures 159" x 25" x 13" (403cm x 63,5cm x 33cm).

Estimate $20,000 - $30,000

Lot 434 Karl Stromberg Torpedo Gun

The gun used by Stromberg when Bond sits at the table and he tries to shoot Bond with the gun through a tube, but Bond evades the bullet and shoots Stromberg.

Estimate $12,000 - $15,000

Lot 436 Stromberg Henchman uniform from The Spy Who Loved Me

An orange Stromberg crew uniform, including tunic, pants, beret and belt. Originally sold at Christie's South Kensington sale on December 11, 1997, lot 219.

Estimate $2000 - $3000

Lot 437 Moonraker launch technician coveralls from Moonraker

A bespoke Dijon yellow cotton sateen coverall from Angels Costumers, worn by launch crew in Moonraker. Bond himself wears a similar flight suit to disguise his presence on the space station.

Estimate $1000 - $1500

Lot 439 Lois Chiles "Holly Goodhead" dress from Moonraker

The dress worn by Lois Chiles as Holly Goodhead in Venice.

The dress is a Givenchy one-piece sheer China silk dress with fine dot and dash patter, ornamented with gold thread detail throughout, with black velvet collar and cuffs with black grosgrain ribbon piping and a black satin ribbon tie at the neck, featuring balloon sleeves, pleated skirt that cascades from a flat panel at the cinched waist and hemline decorated with a small circle pattern border, with integral copper silk underskirt, with button front closure.

Estimate $6000 - $8000

Lot 440 Moonraker space shuttle miniature

Moonraker space shuttle miniature constructed of cast resin, plastic and tooled metal components by model maker Derek Meddings and his team.

The shuttle was based on actual NASA space shuttles, which hadn't flown yet at the time of production. There was a variety of models in different sizes, this would be the medium to larger variety, measuring 31 x 20 x 11" (78 x 50 x 29 cm). 

Estimate $20,000 - $30,000

Lot 442 Drax perfect people leotard from Moonraker

One-piece white lycra leotard with black polyblend halter top v-neck and zipper back and hook and eye closure.

With a "Bermans & Nathans" label, "Moonraker 14025 Small 5' 6" Fem Athlete" and handwritten Pascal near back zipper. The leotards are worn near the beginning of the film wen Roger Moore as Bond is flown in a helicopter over the Drax henchmen as they train. This item was originally sold at Christie's South Kensington auction on December 11th in 1997.

Lot 444 David Meyer "Twin One/Grischka" circus shirt from Octopussy

Estimate $600 - $800

Lot 445 Roger Moore Safari suit from Octopussy

Frank Foster of London brand piece khaki linen suit including long-sleeve shirt with wide pointed collar, 4-front flap pouch pockets, double back vents (Frank Foster label and handwritten "Roger Moore"), and a pair matching pants with zipper front closure, with "Hayward" label, handwritten "Roger Moore".

The suit is seen in multiple scenes in and around the Kamal (Louis Jourdan) compound.

Estimate $15,000 - $25,000

Lot 446 Pierce Brosnan vest and coveralls from GoldenEye

Covert Ops ensemble including vest and pants. The BlackHawk brand black mesh utility vest has myriad canvas pouches across the front, lace-up cinching sides, integral canvas backpack, and zipper front closure. The black twill cargo coveralls with short collar, 2 leg pouch pockets and zipper front closure.

The outfit is worn by Bond in the opening Chemical Weapons facility sequence when James Bond and fellow agent Alex Trevelyan (Sean Bean) infiltrate and destroy the facility and Trevelyan fakes his death.

Estimate $10,000 - $15,000

Lot 448 Zorin Security Guard jacket from A View To A Kill

Estimate $1000 - $1500

Lot 449 Pierce Brosnan exploding pen from GoldenEye

Exploding pen prop consisting of a commercial stainless steel Parker brand Jotter ink pen. Contains an empty ink cartridge and spring loaded plunger action is working.

The pen is used when Q (Desmond Llewellyn) outfits Bond with the gadget. Later, when Bopnd is captured, computer geek henchman Boris Gresheno (Alan Cumming) unwittingly plays with this pen, which ultimately explodes.

Estimate $1500 - $2500

Lot 450 Jonathan Pryce "Elliot Carver" ensemble from Tomorrow Never Dies

This three piece suit includes a Kenzo brand coat and matching pair of pants and a black Smedley long sleeve turtle neck sweater. The outfit was designed by Lindy Hemming and made by Kenzo.

Estimate $6000 - $8000

The auction will feature many other items from the silent era up through Hollywood’s Golden Age and more recent films and series , with artefacts from stars including Cecil B. DeMille, Marlene Dietrich, Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn, Judy Garland, Sir Laurence Olivier, James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, Charlton Heston, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Marilyn Monroe, Luke Perry, Bruce Lee, Leonard DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Wesley Snipes, Daniel Radcliffe. For a complete listing visit profilesinhistory.com.

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The Icons & Legends of Hollywood Auction

Sale Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 - 11:00 AM PDT
Day 2: Thursday, September 26, 2019 - 11:00 AM PDT

The 2019 edition of the Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction organised by Prop Store once again features rare and screen-used James Bond items. The live auction will take place on September 30th - October 1st, 2019. People can attend the live auction in London or bid via the live online bidding system. The auction features 900 original props, costumes and more from over 220 films and television shows.

Highlights include several Pierce Brosnan era items, like Brosnan's Three-piece Suit and a Walther PPK & Holster from GoldenEye, Stunt AR-18 Rifle from Tomorrow Never Dies and Brosnan's Walther P99 Pistol and Halle Berry's knife and gun from Die Another Day.

The Auction takes place on Thursday September 30th and October 1st 2019 at the ODEON BFI IMAX, Waterloo, London (the auction is actually held in the comfort of the IMAX theatre). A museum-grade exhibition showcasing some of the auction lots will be on display at the ODEON BFI IMAX in September (dates to be announced), where you can get up close and personal with these iconic pieces of film history.

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Below you can find an overview of the James Bond items that will be on auction.

Lot 404 Two Hand-Drawn Set Designs - Casino Royale (1967)

Hand-drawn artwork depicting two sets from Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath and Robert Parrish’s Bond spoof Casino Royale. Titled “Int Q Dept: Harrod’s Basement”, one illustration depicts Evelyn Tremble’s (Peter Sellers) visit to Q’s (Geoffrey Bayldon) cellar, which was full of ineffective inventions. The second design, titled “The Goldfinger Room”, shows a hidden room within the Casino Royale, where several women were painted gold.

Rendered by Oscar®-nominated production designer Michael Stringer, both designs consist of pen-and-coloured ink drawings showing various details within the rooms.

The “Harrod’s Basement” drawing is signed by Stringer in the bottom-right corner and has been adhered to thick grey card. The “Goldfinger Room” design features several annotations and is displayed within a matted frame. Both artworks displays light wear from production use, including minor marks, and the paper on the annotated design has become discoloured over time. Dimensions (“Harrod’s Basement” artwork): 55 cm x 67 cm (21 ¾” x 26 ½”); (“Goldfinger Room” artwork): 50 cm x 61 cm (19 ¾” x 24”)

Estimate £600-800

Lot 405 Production-Used Shooting Script - Live And Let Die (1973)

A production-used shooting script from Guy Hamilton’s Bond movie Live and Let Die.

The shooting script is 121 pages long, including the title page, which is dated “October 2nd, 1972”, and credits writer Tom Mankiewicz. It is bound in green card with the cover reading “Ian Fleming’s Live and Let Die” and bound again in a dark teal hardback binder with an inner page that has a handwritten label reading “93-32.” twice. Annotations throughout the script include printed underlining to highlight props and visual effects required for filming. The shooting script shows minor signs of wear, but only the inner cover has distortion. Dimensions: 29 cm x 25 cm x 3.5 cm (11 ½” x 10” x 1 ½”) 

Estimate £1,000-1,500

Lot 406 Tee Hee’s (Julius Harris) Stunt Jacket - Live And Let Die (1973)

Tee Hee’s (Julius Harris) stunt jacket from Guy Hamilton’s Bond movie Live and Let Die. Tee Hee wore his jacket towards the end of the film as he fought with James Bond (Roger Moore) in the train cabin and was flipped out of the window.

The double-breasted jacket is made from black-and-grey houndstooth material, with black-and-white marbled buttons and a black-and-white polka-dot satin lining. The right sleeve is longer than the left to allow for a prosthetic pincer hand. A Bermans & Nathans label has been stitched inside a lining pocket, on which the production title is typed, with handwritten text reading “E.Powell”, referring to Eddie Powell, who also performed stunts on such well-known productions as Aliens and Batman. The jacket displays signs of wear, including a minor hole near the right shoulder and a fold on the left pocket flap.

Estimate £1,000-1,500

Lot 407 Christopher Lee Director’s Chair Back and Autographed Letter of Authenticity - The Man With The Golden Gun  (1974)

Christopher Lee’s director chair back and autographed note, from the production of Guy Hamilton’s Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. Director’s chairs were designated to specific cast and crew using named chair backs.

This chair back is made of white canvas, with “Christopher Lee The Man With The Golden Gun” printed on it in black. It comes with a handwritten letter of authenticity confirming that this was Lee’s only chair back from the production, signed by Lee and dated 9 January 1997. The chair back’s fabric has discoloured greatly, there are light fold lines, and there is a long glue stain along the bottom. Dimensions: 55 cm x 18.5 cm x 0.1 cm (21 ½” x 7 ¼” x ⅛”)  

Estimate £2,000-3,000

Lot 408 “Perfect People” Bodysuit - Moonraker (1979)

A “Perfect People” bodysuit from Lewis Gilbert’s Bond movie Moonraker. The female “Perfect People” wore their bodysuits while exercising in the grounds of Hugo Drax’s (Michael Lonsdale) mansion as Bond (Roger Moore) flew over them in a Bell 206 Jet Ranger helicopter.

Created for the film, this bodysuit is made of spandex and features a a black halter neck and a zip running up the back. There are several labels from the production, including one which indicates that the suit is for a “Small 5’ 6” Fem. Athlete”. The name “Lynn Watts” has been handwritten in pen next to the zip. The bodysuit has discoloured with age. The lot is accompanied with a printed copy of a lobby card showing the scene.

Estimate £600-800

Lot 409 Technician Jumpsuit - Moonraker (1979)

A technician jumpsuit from Lewis Gilbert’s Bond movie Moonraker. Technicians wore their jumpsuits while working for Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale) on his space station. James Bond (Roger Moore) and Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) stole two to sneak aboard.

This lot consists of a cap, a mustard yellow jumpsuit and a belt. The cotton jumpsuit has zips running down the torso and forearms, with black side strips and a faded silver collar. The cap features a label which reads “Male Technician”, and the belt is labelled “Waist 36” and has been intentionally shortened. The cap and jumpsuit no longer feature the “Drax Industries” logo. The jumpsuit has some staining and wear from use, and the cap has a tear at the back along a seam. The belt shows evidence of a hook that is no longer present.

Estimate £2,000 - 3,000

Lot 410 Toxin Vial - Moonraker (1979)

A toxin vial from Lewis Gilbert’s Bond movie Moonraker. Toxin vials were made by scientists in Venice for Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), as part of his master plan to kill all life on Earth. James Bond (Roger Moore) witnessed the effects of the toxin as it choked two scientists to death.

The vial has two wooden blocks at either end, held together by an aluminium core. Three clear acrylic rods run between the blocks, and metal cones also line the interior. The piece is finished in faux silver and black, with a red-striped decal at one end. The piece has some minor wear, including scratches and scuffs. Three of the metal cones are missing, leaving glue residue, and the silver foil around the wooden blocks has bubbled up in some areas. Dimensions:  14 cm x 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm (5 ½” x 1 ¾” x 1 ¾”)

Estimate £2,000-3,000

Lot 411 Fourth Draft Script, Special Effects Breakdown Sheets and Two Bound Photographic Storyboard Sequences - Octopussy (1983)

A script, six special effects breakdown sheets and two bound storyboard sets from John Glen’s Bond film Octopussy.

Scripts, breakdown sheets and storyboards were used throughout the production to maintain an efficient filming process.

The script is bound in red card and contains 138 pages, including the title page, and is marked as a fourth draft. The six breakdown sheets feature handwritten annotations, and the set is secured in a blue binder. The storyboards comprise 26 pages and are printed on photographic paper and bound by metal fasteners. The script, breakdown sheets and storyboards show minor wear. The pages of the script and sheets show aging, and the storyboards have minor edge wear and tears.

Estimate £600-800

Lot 412 Rublevitch’s (Eva Reuber-Staier) Blouse - Octopussy (1983)

Rublevitch’s (Eva Reuber-Staier) blouse from John Glen’s Bond movie Octopussy. General Gogol’s (Walter Gotell) secretary wore her blouse while relaying a message to General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) during a Soviet Security Council meeting.

Made from purple silk, the Harrods blouse features a layered stand-up collar and horizontal pleating on the shoulders. The collar and opening of the blouse overlap, covering eight pink pearlescent buttons that are attached down the front. Labelled as a UK size 12, the blouse displays minor signs of discolouration, most notably on the right sleeve and cuff.

Estimate £400-600

Lot 413 Showgirl Costume - Octopussy (1983)

A showgirl costume from John Glen’s Bond movie Octopussy. Showgirls wore their extravagant costumes as part of  the circus on the US Air Force base, where James Bond (Roger Moore) had to defuse a nuclear bomb.

The costume features a heavily embellished sequined orange body with a corseted back that is done up with hook-and-eye fastening. It also features an ornate headdress decorated with sequins and feathers, so long they almost reach the ground. Inside the body there is a label for “Janine Andrews”, credited as one of the “Octopussy Girls”. No sizes are labelled. There is minor wear from age, storage and use on production, including a few missing sequins and some areas where the fabric has plucked.

Estimate £600-800

Lot 414 Blofeld’s (Max von Sydow) Three-Piece Suit - Never Say Never Again (1983)

Blofeld’s (Max von Sydow) three-piece suit from Irvin Kershner’s Bond movie Never Say Never Again. Blofeld wore his suit at the beginning of the film during a meeting of SPECTRE, while he explained his newest scheme, “The Tears of Allah”, and introduced his “Number 1”, Maximillian Largo (Klaus Maria Brandauer).

This suit consists of a single-breasted jacket, waistcoat and trousers, all in grey pinstripe. Made specially for von Sydow in the role, the trousers feature a costumier’s label that reads “Max Von Sydow 002 Never Say Never”. The jacket and waistcoat have areas of glue residue from a label, and the suit has some minor wear from production use, including some plucked stitching.

Estimate £1,000-1,500

Action Storyboards Collection - A View To A Kill (1985) & The Living Daylights (1987)

A set of action storyboards from the production of two John Glen-directed James Bond films, A View to a Kill and The Living Daylights.

This set consists of 392 storyboards in total: 70 large boards from The Living Daylights depicting stunts, including Bond’s (Timothy Dalton) Russian aeroplane manoeuvre; 101 boards from A View to a Kill, plotting such ambitious scenes as Bond (Roger Moore) tying Zorin’s (Christopher Walken) airship to the Golden Gate Bridge; 95 smaller storyboards from The Living Daylights, of which 75 are bound with a blue spine bar; and 126 from A View to a Kill illustrating sequences, including Bond pursuing May Day (Grace Jones) after her assassination of Achille Aubergine (Jean Rougerie) at the Eiffel Tower. Many of the pages have “J. Glen” handwritten at the top, identifying them as the director’s personal copies. Some pages display minor creasing.

Estimate £800 - 1,200

Lot 416 James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) Three-piece Suit - GoldenEye (1995)

James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) three-piece suit from Martin Campbell’s Bond movie GoldenEye. Bond wore his Brioni suit as he came face-to-face with his old ally Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean). After Bond and Natalya (Izabella Scorupco) escaped from Trevelyan’s clutches they found themselves being interrogated by Russian Defence Minister Mishkin (Tchéky Karyo), before chasing General Ourumov (Gottfried John) through the streets of St Petersburg in a tank.

The suit is made by Brioni, the bespoke menswear couture house who created the majority of the luxury suits worn by Brosnan in the role of James Bond. Brosnan was integral to the process of developing Bond’s look, and was consulted on how his character would dress throughout his tenure. As costume designer Lindy Hemming later recounted: “We wanted him to look modern, but not trendy like someone in advertising… Pierce’s own demands were that the designs had to reflect the lightness of modern man, but still be svelte and smooth.”

The suit is made of blue wool with a silk-effect Brioni logo lining. The suit was made specially for Brosnan in the role, with the jacket labelled “Brioni, Roma” and featuring an Angels & Bermans costumiers label, which reads “1995 Goldeneye Pierce Brosnan”. The waistcoat and trousers both feature a similar description within. A white shirt and tie have been added to complete the look of the costume, which is presented on a custom-made display featuring the film title and a description of the bespoke outfit. The suit has minimal wear from production use and age.

Due to the large size of this piece, customers should request a shipping quote before bidding.
 
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000

Lot 417 James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) Hero Walther PPK Pistol with Silencer and Holster - GoldenEye (1995)

James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) hero Walther PPK Pistol with silencer and holster from Martin Campbell’s Bond movie Goldeneye is the highest valued Bond item of this auction. Bond used his Walther PPK throughout much of the film, from his infiltration of the Soviet chemical weapons facility (when the pistol was fitted with a silencer), to his meeting with Valentin Zukovsky (Robbie Coltrane). Colonel Ourumov (Gottfried John) later used Bond’s weapon to kill Defence Minister Mishkin (Tchéky Karyo) and a guard, framing Bond for the crime.

The Walther PPK was Bond’s gun of choice throughout the series, up to and including Tomorrow Never Dies, when he then switched to the Walther P99. In The Making of Goldeneye by Garth Pearce, armourer Charlie Bodycomb explains that a real, blank-firing Walther PPK was used in close-up, because gun experts in the audience would be able to tell the difference.

The lot consists of a hero Walther PPK pistol, a detachable silencer, and a holster. The Walther PPK is made of metal with an acrylic grip and has the serial number “811590”. The silencer is attached to the pistol using a screw fitting onto the barrel.

The gun has been sympathetically deactivated and still features a functioning trigger, hammer, magazine release and safety. The Galco holster is leather with an elasticated strap. The weapon and holster show some wear from production use and age, including some scuffing and scratches on the pistol itself and also on the silencer. Presented on a custom-made display featuring information about the set, the lot is also accompanied by three certificates of authentication from Bapty, the armourers for the production, and the pistol’s certificate of deactivation.

Estimate £40,000 - 60,000

Lot 418 James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) Walther PPK Holster - GoldenEye (1995)

James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) Walther PPK holster from Martin Campbell’s Bond movie GoldenEye. Bond used holsters to house his iconic Walther PPK pistol throughout the film as he hunted former fellow ‘00’ agent Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean) and his Russian cohorts.

The spy wore two different holsters in the film: a figure-hugging one, which maintained the smooth line of his suit; and a larger alternative Galco holster that allowed the performer to holster or draw the Walther PPK quickly and stylishly. This holster is of the former variety, worn by Bond beneath his Bioni tailored suit, and secured with a strip of Velcro.

The leather holster is stamped with the logo of the maker, Bruce Stevens Holsters of London, and shows a few slight signs of wear. There are creases in the leather, the suede has softened, and there is a little tarnishing around the snap fastener.

Estimate £3,000-5,000

Lot 419 Samsonite Promotional Briefcase - Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

A Samsonite briefcase from the promotion of Roger Spottiswoode’s Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies. These briefcases were only available in very limited numbers to help promote the film.

The set includes a 007 custom black Samsonite® briefcase with a brown leather handle; a VISA multi-tool card with a bottle opener and small knife; Avis keyring in box, Ericsson CF788 calculator phone, a Wilkinson razor; a toy BMW 750iL; a calculator; a burgundy silk tie; a keyring; a two-pack of 007 trading cards; a small bottle of Smirnoff vodka with a shot glass; and two bottles of L’Oreal nail varnish.

The briefcase shows minimal wear, with a few nicks on the leather handle, and the packaging of some of the items has been well handled.

Dimensions: 46 cm x 39 cm x 12 cm (18” x 15 ¼” x 4 ¾”)

Estimate £500-700

The case on auction here seems to be missing a Heineken can (in stead of the necktie) and an Omega box with radio (where now a set of collecible cards is placed). A very similar case is currently for sale on eBay which features the same contents except for the tie and collectible cards: the eBay set features a Heineken can (more often seen in these TND promotional suitcases) and an Omega flyer (which probably should be the Omega miniature radio, missing in both caes.

Other similar cases were offered in 2016 at a Ewbanks auction, a 2001 Christie's auction, another 2001 Christie's auction and a 2012 Bonham's auction.

Lot 420 James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) Medical File - Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) medical file from Roger Spottiswoode’s Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies. Files were used as set dressing around the MI6 offices and control rooms.

The folder is made of blue card and features James Bond’s name on the cover, along with the MI6 insignia and a red stamp reading “Confidential”.

Inside are two pieces of paper, one with the results of a blood test, the other with six graphs. Both pages feature Bond’s name printed on them. The file has some wear from production use, including some very minor creasing. Dimensions: 34 cm x 24 cm (13 ½” x 9 ½”)

Estimate £600 – 800

Lot 421 James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) Stunt AR-18 Rifle - Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) stunt AR-18 rifle from Roger Spottiswoode’s Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies. Bond used his heavily modified AR-18 during the assault on the weapons bazaar using the gun as a club to assault his enemies.

The rifle is constructed of foam rubber around a metal armature, a rubber stunt version of the weapon, required for the safety of actors during the high action sequences.It features a high level of detail including silver-coloured paint to resemble metal, and has a black material carry strap. The rifle has some wear from production use and age; the barrel tip has come away, some paint has rubbed away and the trigger guard is detached at one end.

Estimate £2,000-3,000

Lot 422 Jinx’s (Halle Berry) Cheetah Pistol - Die Another Day (2002)

Jinx’s (Halle Berry) Cheetah pistol from Lee Tamahori’s Bond movie Die Another Day. Jinx (Halle Berry) used her Beretta Cheetah pistol as she hunted the North Korean terrorist Zao (Rick Yune), using the pistol to kill Dr. Alvarez (Simón Andreu) at the Isla de Los Organos clinic, and later wielding it at Graves’ (Toby Stephens) ice palace in Iceland.

The weapon is made of resin, painted silver and brown to simulate metal and wood, with additional metal elements creating a realistic weight. The pistol shows signs of age and production use, most notably on the top of the frame, where the silver paint has worn away in places to reveal the dark resin beneath.

Estimate £2,000 - 3,000

Lot 423 Jinx’s (Halle Berry) Lightweight Throwing Knife - Die Another Day (2002)

Jinx's (Halle Berry) lightweight throwing knife from Lee Tamahori's Bond movie Die Another Day. Jinx carried her knives throughout the film on her utility belt, which she wore as part of her leather combat outfit. She used them to deadly effect while battling Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike) on-board Gustav Graves’ (Toby Stephens) plummeting plane.

This weapon is made of faux silver-painted resin, with a slim metal core. It features a pointed blade, serrated along one side. The grip features holes for balance and the blade is stamped “Stainless Rostfrei” at the base. The knife shows various signs of production use and wear, most notably on the blade, where paint has worn away along a line, exposing the edge of the metal core.

A similar knife was sold at Bonhams in 2011 for £480 and one is currently for sale at HeroProp for $950.

Estimate £800 - 1,200

Lot 424 James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) Walther P99 Pistol - Die Another Day (2002)

James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) Walther P99 pistol from Lee Tamahori’s Bond movie Die Another Day. Bond used his standard MI6 sidearm after his release from a North Korean prison, and subsequently during his hunt for the villainous Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens).

The Walther P99 replaced Bond’s classic Walther PPK as his weapon of choice in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Brosnan’s second appearance as Agent 007, and would continue being used by Daniel Craig during and after his first outing as Bond in Casino Royale (2006).

The semi-automatic pistol features a polymer frame with a metal chamber and slide. “Walther” is etched onto both sides of the slide and cast into both sides of the grip. The magazine is released by pressing a small lever at the base of the trigger guard.

The firearm has been sympathetically deactivated, with the slide, safeties, magazine release and trigger still functional, and is accompanied by a deactivation certificate. The weapon is also accompanied by a letter from Bapty & Co, confirming its authenticity. Bapty are professional armourers who provided weapons for the Bond films since their debut in 1962, as well as countless other productions. The piece exhibits some minor wear from production use and storage, including some scratching and scuffing, most notably on the grip, while the blued finish has started to fade slightly on some of the metal pieces.

Estimate £8,000 - 12,000

Lot 425 $500,000 Montenegro Casino Chip - Casino Royale (2006)

A $500,000 poker chip from Martin Campbell’s Bond movie Casino Royale. Bond (Daniel Craig), Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) and their fellow poker players used betting chips during the high-stakes game at the Casino Royale in Montenegro.

The chip is made from red pearlescent plastic with a translucent green centre. “Casino Royale $500,000 Montenegro” is printed on both sides in a gold-and-black font. The chip displays light scratches, but remains in very good condition and comes presented on a custom display stand.

Estimate £800-1200

Lot 426 Collection of Replica Gadgets and Accessories

A collection of replica gadgets and accessories from Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965) and Moonraker (1979). Licenced replicas were produced and sold for several years by manufacturer SD Studios, and are now highly sought after in their own right.

This replica collection consists of an Oddjob killer Sandringham hat (marked size XL), with a metal ring under the brim and a plaque reading “002 of 1000”; a James Bond breather and cigar canister with a stand and plaque reading “134 of 5000”; and a James Bond wrist dart gun, set of 10 darts and a plaque reading “141 of 5000”. The items show minimal wear, with small scratches to the the wrist dart gun and metal ring of the Sandringham hat, while the cigar canister shows some wear.
 
Estimate £400 - 600

Catalog

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At their Fontwell House auction on 12 September 2019, Coys is offering an Aston Martin DB5 which was modified to recreate the famous Goldfinger car, including revolving number plates, 'machine guns' and smoke gun.

Bond Lifestyle reported last year about this car being for sale at Coys, but it appears Coys has now chosen to offer it at auction this September, alongside the 2019 Goodwood Revival. Price estimate: £500,000 - £600,000 ($610,000 - $730,000). At a recent auction, an original Thunderball promotional DB5 with original gadgets sold for more than $6m.

Lot 129 at the Thoroughbred & Vintage at Fontwell House Auction is a very interesting DB5 Saloon which was delivered new on 19th February 1964, finished in Sierra Blue with a contrasting grey connolly leather interior, and optioned with a sliding roof, wireless radio and heater.

The chassis number of the DB5 is DB5/1447/R.

By the late 1990s the Aston was advertised for sale at Aston Martin specialist Nicholas Mee of London at 57,500 miles, selling the DB5 to Fawaz Al Hasawi, businessman and former owner of Nottingham Forrest football club. The sale was completed on the basis that the car was refinished to “James Bond specification”, as such the DB5 was repainted in Silver Birch and the interior retrimmed in black leather.

Al Hasawi kept the DB5 for a number of years as part of his collection, during which time he entrusted maintenance and repair work to Aston Service London and specialists Ian Mason and Trinity Engineering, supported by invoices on file totalling £65,000.

The DB5 was later sold in 2015 to our current vendor via the specialist dealer Movendi in Duesseldorf, Germany, at which point it had been converted to left hand drive specification. Our vendor, a very keen James Bond enthusiast, decided to recreate the Goldfinger car with most of Q’s associated weapons and gadgets, and as such he entrusted a London-based specialist with the work.

Revolving number plates were fitted to the front and rear of the car, very authentic “machine guns” spitting real flames appear from the grille at the flick of a switch, and a rear mounted “smoke gun” creates the desired smoke screen where necessary.

Showing now approximately 60,000 miles recorded, and offered with a current and older UK V5 documents, a file of servicing a repair works completed, copy of original build sheet, and a number of MoT certificates dating to the 1990s, this is a wonderful proposition for the serious Bond fan.

Other interesting lots at the same auction include Lot 114, a 1979 Lotus Esprit S2

The Thoroughbred & Vintage at Fontwell House Auction takes place on 12 September 2019 at 3:00 pm at Fontwell House, Arundel BN18 0SX in the UK. Lots can be viewed on Wednesday 11th September from 12.00 pm to 6.00 pm and on the day of the sale from 10.00am to start of sale. Visit the Coys website for other interesting lots in the auction.

Thanks to Frank Anderson for the alert
Photos by Coys

Prop Store will auction over 460 lots from the Adam Carter-Jones James Bond Poster Collection on Tuesday 5th November 2019 at Prop Store’s UK headquarters in Rickmansworth.

Dr. No/From Russia With Love UK Quad Poster (1965)

The James Bond poster collection on offer expected to fetch in excess of £250,000. It includes many rarities and once-in-a-generation examples including over 160 different types of UK Bond posters.

Bids can be placed online from anywhere in the world, or by phone or in person.

Thunderball US Door Panels (1965)

Items will be available to view by appointment at Prop Store in the run up to the auction from Monday 7th October. The auction will be live-streamed online for fans to track the bidding on auction day.

Top items to be sold at Prop Store’s Cinema Poster auction (with estimated sale prices) include:

1. Dr. No Quad Poster (1962) £8,000 - £10,000 ($10k-12.5k)
2. Goldfinger US Subway Poster (1964) £6,000 - £8,000 ($7.5k-10k)
3. Thunderball US Door Panels (1965) £25,000-30,000 ($31.5-37.5k)
4. Casino Royale US Door Panels (1967) £5,000-8,000 ($6k-10k)
5. Thunderball  UK Quad Advance Poster (1965) £10,000-12,000 ($12.5k-15k)
6. Goldfinger Style-B Quad Poster (1964) £5,000-7,000  (£6k-8.5k)
7. Octopussy Japanese B1 “Foil” Advance Poster (1983) £500-700 ($625-875)
8. SkyFall UK Soundtrack Poster (2012) £300-500 ($375-625)
9. The Living Daylights HK Carlsberg Poster (1987) £100-200 ($125-250)
10. Dr. No/From Russia With Love UK Quad Poster (1965) £600-800 ($745-1k)

An example of a rare promotional poster is this UK Aston Martin DVLA poster (2001).

Aston Martin UK DVLA Poster (2001) £50-100 ($95-125)

The poster was created as part of an advertising campaign by the UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and depicts the James Bond Aston Martin DB5 clamped on Westminster Bridge with the Houses of Parliament in the background. The purpose of the campaign was to encourage road users (including James Bond) to pay their road tax.

Another Lifestyle related poster is a Saab poster, flyer and press release for "Licence Renewed" (1981) the James Bond novel by John Gardner.

In the book the "new" James Bond car is the Saab Turbo 900. The press release details the technical upgrades, gadgets and security features in the car whilst the poster provides a "Bondesque" image of the car. The double-sided flyer provides further images and written details.

There's also a selection of Bollinger posters, including from The Living Daylights, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.

Bollinger promo posters

Also interesting are some non-poster items, including a Bollinger SPECTRE bottle, a Swatch Presentation Case from 2002 which includes a full set of Swatch James Bond watches.

Swatch Limited Edition James Bond 40th Anniversary Leather Case

The Swiss Swatch Limited Edition James Bond 40th Anniversary Leather Case (2002), is one of only 280 made, this one is numbered "154/280". The leather case is embossed "007" and the combination locks are set to "007". Inside are 20 bespoke Bond film watches ranging from Dr. No (1962) to Die Another Day (2002), each headed with an engraved plaque. Estimate: £2,500-3,000 ($3k-3.5k)

Over 460 lots from the Adam Carter-Jones (right) James Bond Poster Collection will be auctioned by Prop Store

Stephen Lane, Prop Store CEO, commented on the upcoming auction: “Prop Store’s cinema poster auctions go from strength-to-strength and we are delighted now to be able to offer the Carter-Jones James Bond Poster Collection. The auction of this world-renowned collection represents the largest ever offering of James Bond posters in the auction market. This is a fantastic opportunity for all serious Bond collectors”.

Thunderball  UK Quad Advance Poster (1965) £10,000-12,000 ($12.5k-15k)

Mike Bloomfield, Prop Store’s poster expert said: “This auction includes some posters which have either never been seen before in the auction market or appear only once every 10-15 years. There is a staggering choice of Bond posters from around the world and at prices to suit all pockets. We expect global interest in this unique auction”.

Goldfinger US Subway Poster (1964) £6,000 - £8,000 ($7.5k-10k)

Registration and online proxy bids are now open at www.propstore.com/posterauction

Prop Store will offer a Limited-Edition Corgi 269 James Bond Gold-Plated Lotus Esprit, one of ten made for the premiere of The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

The rare car will be auctioned during the Prop Store UK toy live auction on Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 November 2019. The toy collection on offer is expected to fetch in excess of £250,000. The auction is to be held at Prop Store’s UK headquarters in Hertfordshire, UK.

The estimated price of the gold Corgi Lotus Esprit is £9,000 - 12,000 ($11.5k-15.3k)

Only ten 14 carat gold Lotus model vehicles were ever made and the first was handed out at the premiere of The Spy Who Loved Me on 7th July 1977 (the date is the most Bondian date: 7-7-'77).

The car is presented in a gold-coloured presentation card box.

The box of the car on auction displays the name "Prince Amyn Agha Khan", the previous owner of this item.

The gold-plated vehicle is mounted onto a blue and black display base.

A hidden drawer adorns the back of the base and contains bright orange missiles. Includes carded instruction diagram.

The front of the base features a plaque reading "Presented by the METTOY CO LTD 7th July 1977".

Bidding is now open on the Prop Store website.

The auction also includes other James Bond related items, including other car scale models, and mny Star Wars and Star Trek lots.

See all items on the Prop Store website.

In The World Is Not Enough (1999), Sir Robert King (David Calder) is seen wearing a metal and enamel lapel pin of Celtic knot design, set with three circular greenish enamel plaques with triangular symbols and the letter K.

The pin is part of the plot, as it kills Robert King when it sparks an explosion when he gets close to the money that Bond recovered in the pre-title sequence of the film. As explained by Bill Tanner: "The money was dipped in urea, in effect, a fertiliser bomb. Having handled the money, the water on 007's hands started a chemical reaction. In one of the notes the metal anti-counterfeiting strip had been replaced with magnesium, which acted as a detonator. And King's lapel pin was switched for a copy, which contained a radio transmitter to trigger the blast. In other words, he set off the bomb that killed him."

In Raymond Benson's novelization of The World Is Not Enough, and possibly early / alternate versions of the film screenplay which can be found online, the pin is called the 'Eye of the Glens'. We can find this line in the explanation of Tanner: "King always wore a pin in his lapel, an heirloom called the Eye of the Glens; but someone switched it for a copy, a ceramic micro-circuit emitting an electronic signature."

It later turns out that King's daughter, Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) had switched the lapel pin for a duplicate containing a transmitter which triggered the explosive charge within the stolen money. Elektra later presents the 'real' pin to M (Judi Dench), explaining "he would have wanted you to have it". As M opens the case revealing the pin, Elektra confesses "it's very valuable you know, I just couldn't let it explode with the rest of him".

In 2012, during the 50 Years of Bond auction, Christie's offered one of the original props, giving us a very close look at the pin. The auction offered the lapel pin in a green case with Bond archive label. It also came with the programme reading "A Memorial Service for Sir Robert King, King Family Chapel, Loch Lamont, Glen Darrock Estate, 3.00pm" with the full programme inside, including psalms, readings, a congregational hymn and ending with "Tea and cakes back at the mansion." Judi Dench as M is seen holding an identical programme following King's funeral.
The original lapel pin was eventually sold for GBP 6,250.

In 2019, a small series of very close replicas was made by Bond fan Kan Phaobunjong, see photos on the left. Only 20 were made of this prop, which was 3D designed and printed, and created by a professional jeweller in 925 Silver and 9K gold. The gold was used instead of the green enamel of the original. Each piece was marked 'AJB' in reference to the AJB007 James Bond forum, and TX007 in reference to the creator's username Texas007 on the forum. If you're interested in one of these silver and gold prop replica lapel pins, please send a message.

One of just fifty limited edition 2019 DBS Superleggeras produced by Aston Martin will go on auction at Silverstone Auctions on February 22nd 2020.

The model marks the 50th Anniversary of the release of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Finished in Olive Green the same colours as James Bond's original 1969 Aston Martin DBS.

The car is brand new with delivery mileage of just 45 miles and has never been driven by the owner. The Aston Martin manufacturer's warranties transfer to the new owner.

In May 2019, the vendor, an international businessman and Aston enthusiast bought the car as a planned retirement gift to himself. Nevertheless, at 81 he has not retired and neither has he driven the car, in his own words “Once I drove the car, I know that I wouldn’t want to part with it. The new owner will have a car that is absolutely brand new”. The car was first registered on the 18th December 2019, fifty years to the day since the release of On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

As a company proud of its heritage and long associations, it was announced in May 2019 that a limited run of just fifty DBS Superleggera “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” special editions will be produced to mark the fifty-year anniversary of the release of the film.

It has a 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12 engine that propels the car from 0 to 62mph in 3.2 seconds.

Details include a carbon fibre splitter, aero blade, unique diamond-turned and forged wheels and a bespoke metal grille featuring six bright horizontal vanes, to replicate the distinctive front of the original 1969 DBS. The exterior paint surface is enhanced by body-coloured cant rails and roof, commemorative “OHMSS” side-strakes and unique touches throughout.

The interior is trimmed in pure black leather, accented by grey-blend Alcantara, as in the original 1969 DBS. The cockpit is accented in red, inspired by the red-trimmed glovebox in the original car, which held 007’s telescopic-sight rifle.

This car represents a unique opportunity to own a rare Aston Martin that, not only acknowledges, but embraces its long association with the James Bond franchise.

More information on silvestoneauctions.com

Read more about the Aston Martin Superleggera DBS 'OHMS' edition

No Time To Diewill feature a DBS Superleggera and the trailer reveales that the DBS is driven by Nomi (played by Lashana Lynch).

Thanks to Frank for the alert

A large collection of James Bond and Ian Fleming books, articles, magazines and other materials will go on auction at Potter & Potter Auctions on 18 April 2020. Highlights include rare and expensive first editions including Casino Royale and several books inscribed by Ian Fleming himself.

Lot 4: The Complete Collection Of Fourteen First American Editions

The Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale will be held on Saturday, April 18th starting at 10am CDT (4pm in the UK, 5pm in EU).

Registration for the auction is now open at Potter & Potter.

The auction features remarkable, hand-signed books and works from some of the world's most recognized authors and personalities take several of the top slots in this this signature Potter & Potter event.

We will take a look at the James Bond and Ian Fleming related items, but you can see all lots on the Potter & Potter website.

Lot #1
Casino Royale, Ian Fleming (first edition)

Estimate $8,000 - $12,000 - bid now

This first edition of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale, published in 1953 by Jonathan Cape of London, is estimated at $8,000-12,000. It retains its original first issue dust jacket and is housed in a matching custom cloth clamshell case, stamped in gilt and with red heart-shaped morocco inlays. This rarity is one of 4,728 copies printed, the majority of which went to public libraries.

Lot #12
From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming (inscribed)

Estimated at $2,000 - $2,500 bid now

This first paperback edition, ninth printing, of From Russia With Love, is inscribed and signed by Ian Fleming to verso of front cover: “To a man of action!/from/Ian Fleming”.

Lot #35
Thrilling Cities by Ian Fleming (inscribed)

Estimated at $5,000 - $7,000 - bid now

A first edition of Ian Fleming's 1963 Thrilling Cities, is estimated at $5,000-7,000. This edition was published in London by Jonathan Cape, and is inscribed and signed on the title page to Fleming’s personal friend and American spy, David Bruce: “Dave/To keep your mind/off your work!/Ian”.

David Bruce (1898–1977), an American diplomat and intelligence officer, was best known for heading the Europe branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) which was a London based espionage agency, conducting activities for the United States Armed Forces branches. As a personal friend to Ian Fleming, Bruce would see the James Bond films as soon as they appeared beginning with the premiere of Dr. No and the preview of the film From Russia with Love.

Thrilling Cities is the title of a travelogue by Ian Fleming. The cities covered in the book were Hong Kong, Macau, Tokyo, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Geneva, Naples and Monte Carlo. Find a new paperback of Thrilling Cities on Amazon.

Lot #28
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Ian Fleming

Includes original publisher’s printed wrapper
Estimated at $800 - $1,200 - bid now

A first edition, uncorrected proof of Fleming's 1963 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - also published by Cape - is estimated at $800 - $1,200. One of 500 printed, it includes its original publisher’s printed wrapper. According to Gilbert A.11.a., "The proof of On Her Majesty's Secret Service has more errors and required more amendments than any other Fleming title, both in terms of careless composition and poor spelling..."

James Bond Magazines

The auction includes a large selection of James Bond related magazines from the past 60 years, see some highlights below:

This is also your chance to get a set of PAN Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. There are several lots available with these and other vintage paperbacks.

You can now register and place your bid onlinem with the final auction taking place on Saturday, April 18th starting at 10am CDT (4pm in the UK, 5pm in EU).

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Complete list of James Bond related lots:

LOT 1 Fleming, Ian. Casino Royale
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

LOT 2 Fleming, Ian. Casino Royale.
Estimate: $600 - $800

LOT 3 Group of Ten Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Titles.
Estimate: $200 - $300

LOT 4 The Complete Collection of Fourteen First American Editions of the James Bond Novels.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

LOT 5 Diamonds Are Forever.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200

LOT 6 Diamonds Are Forever.
Estimate: $80 - $125

LOT 7 The Diamond Smugglers, both first editions.
Estimate: $150 - $200

LOT 8 Fleming, Ian. Dr. No.
Estimate: $400 - $600

LOT 9 Early Ephemera Relating to Ian Fleming.
Estimate: $200 - $300

LOT 10 For Your Eyes Only
Estimate: $400 - $500

LOT 11 Four James Bond Pirated Editions
Estimate: $150 - $250

LOT 12 From Russia, With Love, [inscribed and signed].
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500

LOT 13 Fleming, Ian. Goldfinger.
Estimate: $800 - $1,000

LOT 14 Fleming, Ian. Goldfinger.
Estimate: $300 - $500

LOT 15 Group of Seven Titles with Introductions by Ian Fleming.
Estimate: $150 - $200

LOT 16 The James Bond Novels and Other Signet Related Titles.
Estimate: $200 - $300

LOT 17 Live and Let Die.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,400

LOT 18 Live and Let Die.
Estimate: $500 - $700

LOT 19 “Live and Let Die” [appearing in: Bluebook Magazine, Volume 99, Number 1].
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,200

LOT 20 The Man with the Golden Gun.
Estimate: $200 - $300

LOT 21 The Man with the Golden Gun.
Estimate: $100 - $200

LOT 22 The Man with the Golden Gun, uncorrected proof.
Estimate: $500 - $700

LOT 23 Moonraker.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

LOT 24 Moonraker.
Estimate: $250 - $350

LOT 25 Octopussy and the Living Daylights.
Estimate: $150 - $250

LOT 26 Octopussy and the Living Daylights, uncorrected proof.
Estimate: $400 - $600

LOT 27 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
Estimate: $300 - $400

LOT 28 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, uncorrected proof.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200

LOT 29 Three First Edition Titles by Ian Fleming.
Estimate: $80 - $120

LOT 30 Shelf of Over 20 Early James Bond Pan Paperbacks.
Estimate: $50 - $100

LOT 31 Shelf of Fourteen Foreign James Bond Paperbacks.
Estimate: $50 - $100

LOT 32 The Spy Who Loved Me.
Estimate: $400 - $600

LOT 33 Ten Early James Bond Book Club Editions.
Estimate: $150 - $200

LOT 34 Ten Early James Bond and Ian Fleming Pan Paperback Editions.
Estimate: $150 - $250

LOT 35 Thrilling Cities, association copy inscribed to a former spy. Min Bid: $2,600.00
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

LOT 36 Thunderball.
Estimate: $400 - $500

LOT 37 Too Hot to Handle.
Estimate: $100 - $150

LOT 38 You Asked For It.
Estimate: $200 - $300

LOT 39 You Only Live Twice.
Estimate: $200 - $300

LOT 40 The Fly.
Estimate: $200 - $300

LOT 41 Group of James Bond Junior and Other Related James Bond Titles for Children.
Estimate: $150 - $250

LOT 42 Group of James Bond Parody Titles and Magazines.
Estimate: $100 - $150

LOT 43 Group of James Bond Parody Titles.
Estimate: $100 - $150

LOT 44 Gamefinger.
Estimate: $80 - $125

LOT 45 Three First Editions of The James Bond Dossier, including an uncorrected proof.
Estimate: $200 - $300

LOT 46 Ten First Edition James Bond Titles by Raymond Benson, two signed and one uncorrected proof.
Estimate: $200 - $250

LOT 47 The Man From Barbarossa, including an uncorrected proof.
Estimate: $150 - $250

LOT 48 Nobody Lives Forever, including an uncorrected proof.
Estimate: $150 - $200

LOT 49 Pair of Signed James Bond Titles by John Gardner.
Estimate: $200 - $300

LOT 50 Shelf of Thirteen First Edition James Bond Titles by John Gardner.
Estimate: $200 - $300

LOT 51 Three License Renewed Editions, including an uncorrected proof.
Estimate: $200 - $400

LOT 52 Three Role of Honour Editions, including an uncorrected proof.
Estimate: $200 - $400

LOT 53 Group of James Bond Paperback Take Offs and Pastiches.
Estimate: $50 - $100

LOT 54 Colonel Sun.
Estimate: $100 - $200

LOT 55 James Bond: the authorized biography of 007, including an uncorrected proof.
Estimate: $250 - $350

LOT 56 The Life of Ian Fleming, both first editions.
Estimate: $100 - $200

LOT 57 Ian Fleming 28th May 1908 – 12th August 1964. An Address Given at the Memorial Service.
Estimate: $150 - $200

LOT 58 A Large Group of Oversized Titles About James Bond, Ian Fleming, and Espionage.
Estimate: $200 - $300

LOT 59 A Large Group of Titles About James Bond Films, Ian Fleming, and Espionage.
Estimate: $150 - $250

LOT 60 The Biography of Desmond Llewelyn, [signed].
Estimate: $50 - $100

LOT 61 Showcase #43 Doctor No.
Estimate: $100 - $150

LOT 62 Three James Bond Scripts
Estimate: $100 - $200

LOT 63 “Moonraker” Script.
Estimate: $600 - $800

LOT 64 Warhead” Original First Draft Script.
Estimate: $800 - $1,000

LOT 65 Holmes Meets 007, [inscribed].
Estimate: $150 - $200

LOT 66 The Book of Bond or, Every Man His Own 007, both editions.
Estimate: $150 - $250

LOT 67 Five Early Magazines Featuring Articles on James Bond and Ian Fleming.
Estimate: $50 - $100

LOT 68 Group of Nineteen James Bond Movie Magazines.
Estimate: $80 - $125

LOT 69 Eight James Bond 007 Fan Club Issues of Bondage.
Estimate: $80 - $125

LOT 70 Three Early Magazines Featuring Original Short Stories by Ian Fleming.
Estimate: $150 - $200

LOT 71 Group of Official James Bond Promotional Booklets and Movie Magazines.
Estimate: $150 - $200

LOT 72 Pair of Magazines Featuring James Bond Articles.
Estimate: $50 - $100

LOT 73 Six British Fan Club Issues of 007 Magazine.
Estimate: $60 - $125

LOT 74 Six Hollywood Reporter Magazines, Film Review Specials, and Daily Variety Featuring James Bond.
Estimate: $50 - $100

LOT 75 Seven Oversized Magazines Featuring Articles on James Bond or Ian Fleming.
Estimate: $100 - $200

LOT 76 Six Ian Fleming Foundation Issues of Goldeneye Magazine.
Estimate: $60 - $125

LOT 77 Small Group of TV Guides and Film Reviews Featuring James Bond.
Estimate: $50 - $100

LOT 78 Three Early James Bond Film Guides.
Estimate: $150 - $200

LOT 79 Three Magazines and Catalogues on Collecting James Bond Memorabilia.
Estimate: $50 - $80

LOT 80 Collection of 30 James Bond LP Records.
Estimate: $100 - $200

LOT 81 Pair of Early James Bond LPs.
Estimate: $50 - $100

LOT 82 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Paperback and Magazine Collection. Min Bid: $50.00
Estimate: $100 - $200

LOT 83 Shelf of James Bond, Ian Fleming, and Espionage Related Titles in 12 Volumes.
Estimate: $150 - $250

LOT 84 Three First Edition Spy Novels.
Estimate: $50 - $100

LOT 85 James Bond and Moonraker.
Estimate: $500 - $700

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Prop Store is hosting its Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction, for the first time in Los Angeles, across two days on August 26th and 27th 2020. The auction features some interesting James Bond props.

Over 870 rare and iconic lots from over 350 film and tv titles will be sold during Prop Store’s unique Live Auction, with the items on offer expected to fetch in excess of $6 million (£4.8 million).

Prop Store will hold a virtual preview exhibition event in August via social media, with opportunities to see props from the auction up close and ask questions of the auction staff.

Bond Lifestyle is giving away two auction catalogs (value £38 / $45), click here.

Below you can find an overview of the James Bond items in the auction:

Omega Seamaster 40th Anniversary Commemorative 007 Watch

Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000

Lot 380 A licensed commemorative Omega Seamaster 007 watch from Omega’s 40 Years of James Bond limited series.

Omega released its limited edition line in 2002 to coincide with the release of Lee Tamahori’s Die Another Day, as well as James Bond's first appearance on film 40 years earlier in Terence Young’s Dr. No. Bond began wearing Omega Seamaster watches in 1995's Goldeneye.

The watch on auction is an automatic stainless steel Omega Seamaster watch, numbered 00386 of 10,007, features a blue dial and a face engraved with multiple 007 logos.

It comes with a padded blue leather case embossed "40 years of James Bond Limited Series," a matching card holder, an operating instructions booklet, an Omega retail box, a 2001 product catalog, and an Omega Certificate of Authenticity. 
The watch and other contents of the box are in excellent overall condition and exhibit only slight signs of wear, while the box and catalog are scuffed from handling.


James Bond's (Pierce Brosnan) Passport

Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000

Lot 381 James Bond's (Pierce Brosnan) passport from Lee Tamahori's spy film Die Another Day (2002). Bond, under the alias Alex Smith, presented his passport when he first arrived in Cuba on the trail of a terrorist developing a deadly space weapon.


This paper passport features a dark red plastic cover reading "European Union United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Passport" in goldtone lettering with the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, as well as Bond's photo and information for James Bond alias "Alex Smith" in Die Another Day on the interior.

Included is a glossy black wooden frame with a decorative backing board for display.

James Bond's (Daniel Craig) Stunt Watch

Estimate: $8,000 - 10,000

Lot 382 James Bond's (Daniel Craig) stunt watch from Casino Royale (2006). Bond wore his Omega Seamaster wristwatch in the film’s black-and-white opening scene, in which the agent claimed his first kill.


This lot consists of a stunt watch with a clear rubber face with printed decals underneath that was specifically created for actor safety, a rubber body painted dark metallic gray to appear metallic, and a silvertone metal Omega Seamaster wristband.

Include is a black wooden display frame with a decorative backing board. The watch and display are in good overall condition with minor discoloration to the clear rubber of the watch and some scuffs to the wooden frame.


Casino Royale 1,000,000-Dollar Chip

Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500

Lot 383 A Casino Royale 1,000,000-dollar poker chip from Casino Royale (2006). James Bond (Daniel Craig), Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), and their fellow poker players used betting chips during the high-stakes game at the Casino Royale in Montenegro.

The chip is made of blue pearlescent plastic with a translucent red and yellow center and “Casino Royale $1,000,000 Montenegro” printed on both sides in gold and black.

Casino Royale 500,000-Dollar Chip

Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500

Lot 384 A Casino Royale 500,000-dollar poker chip from Martin Campbell’s spy film Casino Royale.

James Bond (Daniel Craig), Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), and their fellow poker players used betting chips during the high-stakes game at the Casino Royale in Montenegro. 
This chip is made of red pearlescent plastic with a translucent green center and “Casino Royale $500,000 Montenegro” printed on both sides in gold and black text.

James Bond's (Daniel Craig) Aston Martin DBS Seat

Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000

Lot 385 James Bond's (Daniel Craig) Aston Martin DBS seat from Marc Forster's spy action film Quantum of Solace (2008).

This custom-made seat was designed by production to accommodate over-the-shoulder filming in 007's signature vehicle. It was seen onscreen during the Siena, Italy chase sequence, in which the superspy evaded both the criminals and the carabinieri. 
The seat is constructed of padded gray leather and suede embroidered "DBS" with a carbon fiber back and headrest cut at the rear to allow the seat to fold over during shooting. A plastic and metal locking pin returns the seat to its upright position. The seat comes mounted to a black polymer podium display engraved "DBS Hand built in England."

Production Blueprints, Storyboards, and Crew Placard

Estimate: $400 - 600

Lot 379 A set of production blueprints, storyboards, and a crew placard from Irvin Kershner's James Bond film Never Say Never Again (1983). Drafted for the production of the film, the lot includes blueprints and storyboards for FX sequences.


Four large blueprints detail the conceptualization of the cruise missiles from the film. Two are incomplete copies, and two list production notes such as the date, designer, scale, and more. Six smaller blueprints depict the different scales and mechanics of the missiles. The storyboards list the FX shots and scene descriptions. The set includes 12 hand-drawn storyboards, five printed copies, 14 pages without any art, and a set of three storyboards on vellum. A cardstock crew placard for the production reading “Bond” is also included.

For bidding and more info about the other lots in this auction, visit the PropStore.com website.

And make sure to enter the give-away for your chance to receive a free printed catalog of this auction, click here.

The Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia auction on 13 October 2020 in London features three Bond related lots: a Prada dress worn in Quantum of Solace, a Jinx throwing knife and a Vivienne Westwood gold skeleton necklace gifted to Naomie Harris at the time of SPECTRE.

Prada dress

The black Prada dress is worn by Olga Kurylenko as Camille in Quantum of Solace (2008). She wears the dress with a pair of Gina Paris shoes (read more).

This dress (or another screen used version of the same dress) was also offered at the Christie's 50 Years of James Bond auction in 2012, and sold for £7,500.

The current estimate at Bonhams is £4,500 - £5,000 / $5,800 - 6,400

The cocktail dress of black crêpe, sweetheart neckline and thick shoulder straps with fabric rose detail attached, pleated front, ruched to the left hand side, a bow at the back, labelled inside Prada, Made In Italy, and an 'S' written in black ink on the label, purchased for Olga Kurylenko for her role as Camille Montes in James Bond Quantum Of Solace; accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Eon Productions signed by the Archive Director, together with a U.S one-sheet poster for the film in which Olga is wearing an identical dress.

The dress features prominently across five scenes in the film. Camille is first seen wearing an identical dress when she attends Greene's ecological fundraiser in La Paz. The dress is then featured in the scenes following, where Camille and James Bond (Daniel Craig) set out to explore the area of desert acquired by Dominic Greene. This includes the scene where the pair are flying across the Bolivian desert, their death defying ejection from the plane and parachute into a deep sinkhole and the discovery of Greene's plot to blockade Bolivia's fresh water supply.

Louise Frogley, the costume designer for Quantum of Solace, has said in an interview, I wanted the Bond girls snappy and slightly '60s, to harmonize with Bond. Prada had the best possible looks so I used them.

Jinx Throwing Knife

Another Bond prop on auction is a throwing knife used by Jinx (Halle Berry) in Die Another Day (2002).

The screen-used prop lightweight composite throwing-knife is painted with reflective silver paint. It comes in a custom-made display-case, along with a series of production photographs, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Prop Store.

A similar knife in different display was sold at Bonhams in 2011 for £480 and one is currently for sale at HeroProp for $950 and in 2019 one of these knives was offered at the Prop Store Live Auction 2019.

Estimate: £800 - 1,200 / $1,000 - 1,500

James Bond / Vivienne Westwood Limited-Edition Skeleton Necklace made for the release of SPECTRE

This gold coloured metal necklace featuring a skeleton pendant, designed by Vivienne Westwood, housed in black jewellery pouch and Westwood box was gifted to Naomie Harris for her role as Moneypenny SPECTRE (2015). 

Vivienne Westwood celebrated the release of SPECTRE with a Limited Edition SPECTRE Skeleton Collection. The range included a large and small skeleton necklace (with 007 engraved on the clasp) along with matching earrings.

You can currently find some of these necklaces and earrings on eBay for around $100 - 200 but the gold necklace in the Bonhams auction comes with a notecard from Naomie Harris regarding the provenance.

This necklace was kindly donated by Naomie Harris OBE to BAFTA for this sale, proceeds of which will go towards the Illuminating BAFTA campaign, expanding BAFTA's learning and new talent programme.

Estimate: £100 - 150 / $ 130 - 190

For more information and bidding, visit Bonhams online.

The bikini that Ursula Andress wore in the first James Bond film Dr. No (1962) will be auctioned on November 12/13 2020 at the Profiles in History auction in Los Angeles. And read all the way to the end of this article for more James Bond items in the same auction.

The ivory colored bikini worn by Ursula Andress in the 1962 James Bond movie Dr. No is seen in an undated photo before going up for auction in Los Angeles.
Courtesy Profiles in History/Handout via REUTERS

Ursula Andress wears the swim suit in the famous scene where she, as Honey Ryder in Jamaica, walks out of the sea onto the beach.

This bikini is cited as the most famous bikini of all time and an iconic moment in cinematic and fashion history, and sales of the two-piece bikini rocketed after the appearance of Andress in Dr. No.

The bikini was offered for sale at Christie's in 2001 by Ursula Andress herself, and the bikini sold for £41,125.

The description of the Christie's auction gives us more details about the bikini. The two-piece costume consists of a top, constructed from Andress' own under-wired brassière, covered in ivory cotton, the cups decorated with a dart detail, gathered at the centre and decorated with a bow detail, the bikini briefs, cut across the grain, gathered at the hips and embellished with decorative straps, fastening at the left-hand side and lined in cotton.

The bikini was designed by Ursula Andress herself together with the film's director, Terence Young and made in Jamaica by a West-Indian dressmaker known to Andress and Young; it was the only one made for and worn by Andress as Honey Ryder and had been designed to be a practical working 'action' garment suitable to withstand the rigours Andress' role imposed on it.

In 2018, it was revealed by retired Royal Navy officer Gordon Joslin that the webbing belt famously worn by Ursula Andress in Dr. No was his Navy belt.

Retired Royal Navy officer Gordon Joslin with a different, but similar model Royal Navy belt
Photo © SWNS.com

According to Gordon Joslin, 83, he came to Ms Andress’s rescue when she was filming the scene. The Swiss-born actress thought her costume ‘was missing something’, so a member of the film crew was despatched to ask sailors from the frigate HMS Troubridge who were on the beach to help out.

Retired Royal Navy officer Gordon Joslin with a different, but similar model Royal Navy belt
Photo © SWNS.com

Mr Joslin - then a 28-year-old acting sick-berth petty officer - recalled: ‘The petty officer looked at me and said, ‘Let’s have your webbing belt.’ He grabbed it off me and it was wrapped around Ursula Andress’s hips. I didn’t get it back."

Ursula Andress then filmed the scene again, rising from the sea, shells in hand, discarding her facemask, singing Under The Mango Tree, walking up the sugar-white beach.

These two photos of Ursula Andress wearing the belt in Dr No were part of the bikini lot at the 2001 Christie's James Bond Auction

Ursula Andress has recalled her memories of working on the first Bond film and has said: "This bikini made me into a success. As a result of starring in 'Dr.No' as the first Bond girl, I was given the freedom to take my pick of future roles, and to become financially independent... My entrance in the film wearing the bikini on that beautiful beach seems to now be regarded as a classical moment in cinema, and made me world famous as 'The Bond Girl'.

2001 Christie's Auction
The belt and the bikini set worn by Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in Dr. No were auctioned in the Christie's James Bond auction on 14 February 2001.

The original bikini and belt were sold at the 2001 Christie's James Bond auction
Photo © Christie's

The bikini outfit was sold by Andress herself, who said she found the outfit in her attic. It was purchased for £41,125 by Robert Earl, owner of the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain, to display at his outlet in Times Square, New York and later in London. The set has also been displayed at the Designing 007 Fifty Years Of Bond exhibition.

The bikini, Lot 253 in the Profiles In History auction, is now expected to fetch $500,000.

Other Bond related items

There are several other interesting James Bond items in the same November 12/13 2020 Profiles In History auction that the bikini will be offered.

Lot 249. Claudine Auger "Domino" mod bathing suit worn in publicity material for Thunderball - auction estimate $6,000 - $8,000.

Lot 250. Miniature Flare Gun from Thunderball ($8,000 - $12,000)

Lot 251. 4 prop Gold bards from Goldfinger ($1,500 - $2,500)

Lot 252. Browning machine gun prop from You Only Live Twice ($3,000 - $5,000)

Lot 254. SIG 510 battle rifle prop ($3,000 - $5,000)

Lot 255. Charles Gray Blofeld signature jacket from Diamonds Are Forever ($20,000 - $30,000)

Lot 256. Roger Moore James Bond monogrammed pyjamas Live And Let Die ($10,000 - $15,000)

Roger Moore’s monogrammed pajama ensemble, or dressing gown, seen in the opening sequence of Live and Let Die (1973). Moore, in his first scene as James Bond, wears the pyjamas together with the Pulsar P2 watch and makes coffee with a La Pavoni Europiccola espresso machine. 

The pyjamas are mentioned in the lot description to be made by Washington Tremlette. The pyjamas come with bespoke burgundy velvet slip-on dressing shoes also monogrammed "JB".

According to Bond Suits, these pyjamas were sold at the 2001 Christies auction for £7,050.

Lot 257. Wallis Autogyros Lt. "Little Nellie" commissioned WA-116 exhibition aircraft from You Only Live Twice ($100,000 - $150,000).

Lot 258. Jane Seymour’s emerald psychic cape and headdress from Live and Let Die (1973), estimated at $60,000 - $80,000.

Lot 259. Roger Moore James Bond Royal Navy uniform jacket from The Spy Who Loved Me ($15,000 - $25,000). Last sold at Bonhams, on 16 November 2005 for $ 12,360 (£ 9,600).

Lot 260. Drax and US Marine astronaut laser rifle from Moonraker ($10,000 - $15,000)

Lot 261. Lois Chiles Holly Goodhead poison pen and accessories from Moonraker ($3,000 - $5,000)

Lot 262. Submarine crew uniform from The Spy Who Loved Me, ($2,000 - $3,000)

Lot 263. Lynn-Holly Johnson "Bibi Dahl" Bogner ski sit from For Your Eyes Only ($6,000 - $8,000)

Lot 264. Casino Monaco chips and cards from baccarat game in GoldenEye ($8,000 - $12,000)

Lot 265. Sean Connery James Bond Walther P5 pistol from Never Say Never Again ($8,000 - $12,000)

Lot 266. Cruise Missile warhead prop from Never Say Never Again ($40,000 - $60,000)

Lot 267. Willoughby Gray "Carl Mortner" prop revolver from A View To A Kill ($1,500 - $2,500)

Lot 268. Casino de Isthmus poker chips from Licence to Kill ($800 - $1,200)

Lot 269. Jonathan Pryce "Elliot Carver" suit ensemble from Tomorrow Never Dies ($4,000 - $6,000)

Lot 270. Julius Harris "Tee Hee" jacket from Live and Let Die ($2,000 - $3,000)

“Things from the Bond franchise are relatively rare especially the further you go back in time,” said Chanes, saying he expected bidders to come from around the world. “With Bond especially it’s very much an international crowd.”

The auction will take place online and in Los Angeles on November 12-13, read more at Profiles In History.

Both Prop Store and Sotheby's hold James Bond poster auctions on 5 November 2020.

Prop Store also announced another Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction that will take place on December 1 and 2, 2020 in London and online - the lots for that auction will be announced on October 29th, and Bond Lifestyle will give away auction catalogs so stay tuned!

Prop StoreCinema Poster Live Auction

Prop Store will hold its sixth cinema poster live auction on Thursday 5th November 2020 from 12:00pm GMT. Over 440 rare and sought-after posters and artworks are expected to fetch more than £180,000.

The auction features more than 100 James Bond posters and related artwork, with an exceptional, unrestored Dr. No (1962) Quad UK poster being one of the most valuable posters on offer, with an expected price of £8,000 - 10,000.

Dr. No UK Quad poster, expected price of £8,000 - 10,000 at Prop Store

Another James Bond highlight is the Casino Royale Italian Two-Panel (4-Fogli) - Set of Three, 1967, from the Carter-Jones Collection, estimated at £2,000 - £4,000.

Casino Royale Italian Two-Panel (4-Fogli) - Set of Three, 1967, from the Carter-Jones Collection, offered at Prop Store

The auction will be opening for registrations via the website www.propstore.com/posterauction and will be live streamed online for fans to track the action and participate in bidding.

Octopussy, Three US One-Sheets, 1983, offered at Prop Store

Stephen Lane, Prop Store CEO, commented on the upcoming auction: “After the success of our cinema poster auction back in April, we’re thrilled to bring another incredible collection of posters to the market. Movie fans far and wide will be pleased to see many much-loved classics including Star Wars and James Bond back again, as well as a selection of fantastic Mondo posters and much much more!”

Auction lots can be viewed by appointment only at Prop Store’s office facility in Hertfordshire, UK, please email auction@propstore.com for more details.

Prop Store is one of the world’s leading film and TV entertainment memorabilia companies, often selling rare James Bond related props and merchandise.

See all auction lots on www.propstore.com/posterauction or click here to see the James Bond related posters.
 

Sotheby's James Bond Film Posters

007 is back on Bond Street. From 5 - 12 November 2020, Sotheby's in their London location on Bond Street sells almost 200 original film posters, photographs and promotional material is dedicated to James Bond.

The exterior of the Sotheby's Bond Street location actually features in the movie Octopussy, when Bond attends the Fabergé Egg auction.

The auction will also featyre more than 100 James Bond books, James Bond Omega and Rolex watches, and a 1964 Aston Martin DB5.

Thunderball, advance, UK (estimate £15,000 - £25,000 at Sotheby's)

From Dr No to the soon to be released No Time To Die, the poster collection on auction at Sotheby's spans 60 years and covers all twenty-five films in this highest-grossing film series of all time.

From the vibrant colours, tailored suits and throngs of beautiful women in the early Connery films to the darker, more modern Bond represented today by Daniel Craig, the sale represents Bond’s evolution and appeal to fans across generations.

The auction features several high prized posters, including You Only Live Twice (1967) set of 4 door panels, US (estimate £15,000 - £25,000).

You Only Live Twice (1967) set of 4 door panels, US (estimate £15,000 - £25,000 at Sotheby's)

And if you missed out on the Dr. No Quad poster at the Prop Store auction (mentioned above), you can have a second chance at the Sotheby's auction where the same style poster is offered with an estimated price of £15,000 - £25,000.

For all posters and online bidding, visit the Sotheby's James Bond Poster website.

James Bond's Pulsar P2 watch and other rare movie props will be offered at Prop Store's Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction in London in December 2020.

Prop Store, one of the world’s leading film and TV memorabilia companies, will hold its annual live auction of film and TV memorabilia for the seventh consecutive year this December, with the items on offer expected to fetch in excess of £4.4 million ($5.6 million).

Over 900 rare and iconic lots will be sold over two days on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd December 2020 from 2:00pm GMT.

The auction will be live streamed online for fans to track the action and participate in bidding themselves. Auction lots can be viewed by appointment at Prop Store’s office facility in Hertfordshire, UK. Lots can be viewed by appointment only, please email auction@propstore.com for more details.

See articles about previous London Live auctions in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

There will be lots of interesting props from Star Wars, Harry Potter and other movies, but we will focus here on the James Bond lots.

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381. James Bond (Sean Connery) and Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) Photo Contact Sheet
DR. NO (1962)

A photo contact sheet from the production of Dr. No. The images were taken on set and depict the scene in which Bond (Sean Connery) and Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) fell unconscious after drinking drugged coffee. The contact sheet consists of 12 black-and-white photos, including two images of Andress having alterations made to her costume. Each image is labelled with a set of numbers, and “W” is written in pencil on the back.

Estimate: £800 - 1,200

382. Honey Ryder’s (Ursula Andress) Conch Shell and On-set Black-and-white Photographs
DR. NO (1962)

Honey Ryder’s (Ursula Andress) conch shell and a set of black-and-white photographs from the production of Dr. No. Honey first appeared when she emerged from the ocean dressed in her iconic white bikini, collecting conch shells in a netting bag while singing “Underneath the Mango Tree”. This scene is considered one of the most popular in film history.

Obtained from the collection of the production’s prop master Patrick Weymouth, the conch shell features a beige textured exterior with a protruding spire, and the underside reveals a glossy, light pink interior. The three behind-the-scenes shots show Sean Connery, Ursula Andress and various crew members filming in Jamaica. The shell displays a small hole and a large crack on the spire, while light creasing is present on the photographs. The new custodian of this lot will receive a letter of authenticity from a member of Weymouth’s family.

Estimate: £600 - 800

383. James Bond’s (Sean Connery) Screen-Matched Suit Jacket M
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971)

James Bond’s (Sean Connery) screen-matched suit jacket from Guy Hamilton’s Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever. Bond sported his grey suit jacket in multiple scenes, including his confrontation with Tiffany Case (Jill St. John) at her operation residence, where she told him the location of the diamonds. He also wore it when he posed as a lab worker with the government research facility, and during a car chase with the local police in Las Vegas.

The jacket is screen matched by aspects of the pattern of the weave on the lapels and the placing of the buttons on the cuffs. Many of the suits worn by Connery were taken from the set by the actor after producer “Cubby” Broccoli stated he could keep any of the costumes he requested. It has been suggested that Connery paid his accountant with the costumes he wore as Bond.

This suit jacket was custom-made by tailor Anthony Sinclair, who created clothing for all Sean Connery’s appearances as 007. The single-breasted suit jacket is made from light grey worsted wool which features a subtle crosshatch pattern. The garment is lined with a black silk-like fabric decorated with an intricate printed white paisley-inspired pattern. Two slant pockets with wide flaps are situated at the hip and the left breast displays a welt pocket. Four small grey buttons are sewn to each cuff, and two larger matching buttons are attached to the front. The jacket displays light wear and minor brown-coloured marks on the front.

Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000

388. James Bond’s (Roger Moore) Hamilton Pulsar Watch, On-set Photo, Wedding Telegram and Letter
LIVE AND LET DIE (1973)

James Bond’s (Roger Moore) Hamilton Pulsar P2 watch, an on-set photograph, a wedding telegram and a letter from the production of Guy Hamilton’s Bond movie Live and Let Die. This lot was obtained from the collection of the production’s prop master Patrick Weymouth, who became close friends with Roger Moore.

Bond sported his Hamilton Pulsar watch near the beginning of the film, when M (Bernard Lee) and Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell) visited his apartment and ordered him to go to New York on a mission to investigate the deaths of three MI6 agents. Bond demonstrated his watch when he pressed the button on the side, which revealed the time “5:48”.

The Hamilton Pulsar P2 2900 LED watch is made of stainless steel and features a small display screen, the word “Pulsar” engraved underneath, and an oyster strap with clasp-buckle fastening. A button is located on the right side which, when pressed, once caused the LEDs to illuminate red. The electronics within the watch no longer function.

The lot also includes a photograph taken on set, and a wedding telegram and letter addressed to Patrick Weymouth from Roger Moore. Several minor scratches are present on the metal bezel and the display screen of the watch which also exhibits minor signs of corrosion. The letter displays general wear, multiple fold lines from storage and slight discolouration. The new custodian of this lot will receive a letter of authenticity from a member of Weymouth’s family.

Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000

384 Crew Gift Cowbell and Two Black-and-white On-set Photographs
ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE (1969)

A crew gift cowbell and two on-set photographs from the production of Peter R. Hunt’s Bond movie The lot also includes a photograph taken on set, and a wedding telegram and letter addressed to Patrick Weymouth from Roger Moore. Several minor scratches are present on the metal bezel and the display screen of the watch which also exhibits minor signs of corrosion. The letter displays general wear, multiple fold lines from storage and slight discolouration. The new custodian of this lot will receive a letter of authenticity from a member of Weymouth’s family.. Obtained from the collection of prop master Patrick Weymouth, the crew gift consists of a metal bell attached to a leather strip which is decorated with a colourful fringed trim. Gold foil lettering reading “Schilthorn 007 Mürren” adorns the strap, referring to one of the filming locations in Switzerland.

The two black-and-white stills show George Lazenby and Weymouth on set. One photo is autographed by Lazenby and displays a dedicated message. Minor scuffing is present on the bell, and the corners of both photographs show minor wear. Dimensions (crew gift): 20 cm x 7 cm x 5 cm (8” x 2 ¾” x 2”); (photo): 20 cm x 25.5 cm (8” x 10”)

Estimate: £300 - 500

385. James Bond (Roger Moore) BBFC Certificates

A set of original British Board of Film Classification certificates issued for seven James Bond films starring Roger Moore. These certificates were issued to state which age bracket each film was suitable for, and appeared on screen in UK cinemas before each film started. The certificates for Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker and For Your Eyes Only feature a green-and-black colour scheme and display a rating of A, indicating suitability for viewers aged 11 and over. The certificates for Octopussy and A View to a Kill feature a PG rating, as they were released after the 1982 rating revision. The lot exhibits signs of creasing and minor fingerprint marks from handling, with notable wear present on the Octopussy certificate.

386. Pair of Contact Sheets Featuring James Bond (Roger Moore), Solitaire (Jane Seymour) and Dr. Kananga (Yaphet Kotto)
LIVE AND LET DIE (1973)

A pair of contact sheets from the production of Guy Hamilton’s Bond movie Live and Let Die. The images on the sheets include the moment Dr. Kananga (Yaphet Kotto) interrogated Solitaire (Jane Seymour) and Bond’s seduction of Solitaire using a trick deck of tarot cards containing only “The Lovers”. Printed on glossy photographic paper, the Kodak sheets feature 50 black-and-white images in total, numbered between “LD7493” and “LD7751”.

387. Pair of Contact Sheets Featuring Solitaire (Jane Seymour) and Dr. Kananga (Yaphet Kotto)
LIVE AND LET DIE (1973)

A pair of contact sheets from the production of Live and Let Die. Photographed on set, the majority of the images show Solitaire (Jane Seymour) sitting in her elaborate seat with her tarot cards in two different scenes, while five of the images feature Dr. Kananga (Yaphet Kotto) sat at his desk. Also included are 11 candid shots of Seymour posing on set.

Printed on photographic paper, each Kodak sheet consists of 30 black-and-white images, all numbered between “LD7345” and “LD7492”. The lot exhibits some bending from age and handling, and there is minor wear to the edges. Dimensions (each sheet): 20.5 cm x 25.5 cm (8” x 10”)

389. Sir Christopher Lee’s Personal Annotated First Draft Script
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1974)

Sir Christopher Lee’s personal annotated first draft script from the production of Guy Hamilton’s Bond movie The Man With The Golden Gun. This lot comes from the personal collection of legendary actor Sir Christopher Lee. Bound in a yellow, windowed card cover with metal split pins, the first draft screenplay is credited to Richard Maibaum and is dated “January 7, 1974”. The cover page features the production title and is autographed by Christopher Lee in black ink. The script consists of 152 pages printed single-sided on light blue US Letter paper, with additional white and bright orange revision pages. “Chris Lee” is written in pencil in the top-right corner of the first page and there are detailed annotations written by Lee throughout in blue and red ink, including notes to change some of Scaramanga’s dialogue.

Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000

390. Christopher Lee On-set Photographs
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1974)

Three on-set photographs featuring Christopher Lee from the production of Guy Hamilton’s Bond movie The Man With The Golden Gun. Obtained from the collection of the production’s prop master Patrick Weymouth, the three colour images show Christopher Lee, who played the villainous assassin Scaramanga, standing and chatting with various crew members between takes while filming in Thailand. One of the photos features Hervé Villechaize, who played Scaramanga’s assistant Nick Nack.

391. Wetbike Delivery Bag
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977)

A Wetbike delivery bag from Lewis Gilbert’s Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me. A bag containing a Wetbike from Q (Desmond Llewelyn) was delivered to Bond (Roger Moore) when he convinced the American submarine captain (Shane Rimmer) that he needed to rescue Anya (Barbara Bach) from the Atlantis fortress before it was destroyed.

This large bag is made of thick off-white cotton. Black text detailing the recipient and address of the submarine is printed on both sides, and a zip fastening runs along the top. Signs of wear from production use are present, including dirt marks, stains and several holes, and stitching on one side of the strap has come undone. The printed text has faded slightly over time.

Estimate: £600 - 800

392. Production Stills
MOONRAKER (1979)

A set of stills from the production of Lewis Gilbert’s Bond film Moonraker. The set contains 35 behind-the-scenes images of the Moonraker shuttle, space station and space soldier miniature models.

13 black-and-white stills feature the space station; 14 colour and black-and-white stills feature the models of Drax’s (Michael Lonsdale) soldiers and the Marines in their spacesuits; five stills feature a Moonraker shuttle; and three more are copies of the plans for the toxin vial and toxin dispersal unit that lead Bond (Roger Moore) to Venice.

The shuttle and spacesuit stills are kept together in a black plastic folder, and the larger shuttle stills are in a plastic wallet. The stills have some wear from production use, including minor creasing and fingerprints. Dimensions (largest stills): 40.5 cm x 30 cm (16” x 11 ¾”); (smallest stills): 25 cm x 20 cm (9 ¾” x 8”)

Estimate: £500 - 700

393. Script, Collection of Storyboards and Production Ephemera

A script, collection of storyboards and assorted ephemera from the production of John Glen’s Bond movie For Your Eyes Only. Bound in a yellow card cover, the revised script is labelled “9”, dated “12 August 1980”, and consists of 129 annotated pages printed single-sided on US Letter paper. A majority of the printed storyboards are bound within two folders and show several scenes from the film, including the sequence in which Bond (Roger Moore) and Melina (Carole Bouquet) explored the shipwrecked St Georges and discovered the ATAC.

The lot also contains assorted ephemera, including call sheets, shooting schedules, travel documents, a map of Italy, and a brochure for the Royal World Charity Premiere event, which took place at the Odeon, Leicester Square on 24 June 1981. The lot shows signs of production use, including creasing, folded corners, dirt marks, light discolouration from age, and minor water damage on the script cover.

Estimate: £600 - 800

394. Rublevich’s (Eva Reuber-Staier) Blouse
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1981)

Rublevich’s (Eva Reuber-Staier) blouse from John Glen’s Bond movie For Your Eyes Only. Rublevich wore her blouse in General Gogol’s (Walter Gotell) office and sat on his desk as he spoke on the phone to the Comrade Secretary about retrieving the ATAC transmitter.

Made from cream silk-blend fabric, the Harrods blouse features a stand-up collar, sewn-in shoulder pads and dark grey piping, which adorns the collar, shoulder seams and left breast pocket. The opening of the blouse is off-centre and eight pearlescent white buttons are attached down the front. Labelled as a European size 42, the blouse displays minor signs of wear, light creasing and some small trailing threads.

Estimate: £400 - 600

395. Milos Columbo’s (Topol) Blazer
JAMES BOND: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1981)

Milos Columbo’s (Topol) blazer from John Glen’s Bond movie For Your Eyes Only. Columbo wore his blazer aboard his boat as he and Bond (Roger Moore) met for the first time, and agreed to work together to recover the lost ATAC device.

The navy woollen blazer is double breasted, with brass buttons featuring an anchor motif. It has three patch pockets and two inside pockets, one of which features a label for tailor Robbie Stanford, reading “Topol, 20-8-1980, 5922”, handwritten in blue pen. The lot is accompanied by a colour still of Columbo wearing his blazer and a letter of authenticity from the film’s wardrobe master Tiny Nicholls. The jacket has some very minor staining from age and production use.

Estimate: £800 - 1,200

396. Aristotle Kristatos’ (Julian Glover) Jacket
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1981)

Aristotle Kristatos’ (Julian Glover) jacket from For Your Eyes Only. Kristatos wore his jacket during the climactic scenes, as Bond (Roger Moore) and his allies assaulted Kristatos’ mountaintop base.

The jacket (marked size “GB 42 USA XL”) is reversible, with knitted cream wool on one side and padded cotton on the other. It has a zip fastening and zipped pockets on its sides. The lot is accompanied by four stills of Kristatos wearing his jacket, with one bearing a personalised autograph inscribed “Get your hands off my jacket! Best regards, Julian Glover”, and a letter of authenticity from the film’s wardrobe master Tiny Nicholls. The jacket has some minor staining from production use.

Estimate: £800 - 1,200

397. Collection of Five Scripts

A collection of scripts from five Bond films: The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill and Licence to Kill.

The script for The Spy Who Loved Me, labelled “Domestic Version Export Script”, is a 213 page continuity script bound at the top with a metal fastener. The For Your Eyes Only continuity script is 129 pages long, dated “12 August 1980”, and bound with metal fasteners between yellow card covers, with the film’s title handwritten in black pen down the spine. The Octopussy continuity script is 149 pages, dated “10 June 1982”, and bound with metal fasteners between brown card covers. The film’s title is handwritten in black pen down the spine, and an Eon Productions compliments slip is stapled to the title page. The A View to a Kill continuity script is 147 pages, dated “June 20, 1984”, and bound with metal fasteners between mustard card covers. The Licence to Kill script, labelled “Dialogue Script”, is 79 pages long, dated “3 April, 1989”, and is spiral bound with a clear plastic cover. The scripts all have wear from age and production use, including creasing, minor tears and edge wear. The scripts bound with metal fasteners display some rust around the fastenings.

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

398. James Bond’s (Timothy Dalton) Passport Photos and Crew T-Shirt
LICENCE TO KILL (1989)

James Bond’s (Timothy Dalton) passport photos and a crew T-shirt from the production of John Glen’’s Bond movie Licence to Kill. Bond was carrying his passport in the airport when he learned of Franz Sanchez’s (Robert Davi) liberation. The photos were made for the production but not ultimately seen on screen.

The photo set features two identical headshots of Dalton in the role of Bond, dressed in a suit. The blue cotton-polyester blend T-shirt features printed text reading “007 License Revoked” (the film’s original title), with a pistol representing the seven, in the classic logo style. A black Panavision camera adorns the back and the garment is marked as a size L.

Estimate: £200 - 300

399. James Bond’s (Timothy Dalton) Speargun
LICENCE TO KILL (1989)

James Bond’s (Timothy Dalton) speargun from Licence to Kill. Bond used a speargun to kill the man who murdered his friend Sharkey (Frank McRae) before employing it as an improvised handle to waterski behind a passing seaplane.

The speargun has a long metal barrel and a black plastic handle. The metal spear, which is blunted, clips to the top of the gun, but can be removed and placed in the barrel. The gun has a moving trigger and safety catch and features a long piece of string attached to each end so it can be worn over the shoulders. The spear gun has some scuffing and scratches from production use and age. The spear itself is missing the rear-end section where a rope was once attached.

Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000

400. James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) Hero AKS-74U Assault Rifle
GOLDENEYE (1995)

James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) AKS-74U from Martin Campbell’s Bond film GoldenEye. Bond picked up his weapon from a Russian soldier when he and fellow 00 Agent Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean) infiltrated a chemical weapons facility. After the mission went wrong, Bond used the rifle to fight his way out of the building. He later used an AKS-74U when confronting Trevelyan on his armoured train.

Featuring a wooden pistol grip and handguard, the weapon is sympathetically and permanently deactivated, with a functioning trigger and folding buttstock that can be extended or folded to the side. There is some wear from production use and age.

Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000

401. Caroline’s (Serena Gordon) Jacket
GOLDENEYE (1995)

Caroline’s (Serena Gordon) jacket from GoldenEye. Psychiatric evaluator Caroline wore her jacket in Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) Aston Martin DB5 as he raced with assassin Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen).

The Pied a Terre jacket is made from a brown cotton-linen blend and features a subtle check pattern all over. Lined in brown viscose, the garment displays two welt pockets and four intricately patterned buttons and multiple buttonholes, a majority of which are not functional. The jacket displays minor wear from production use, including light plucks to the fabric and signs of verdigris patina on the buttons.

Estimate: £400 - 600

402. James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) Hero Walther PPK Pistol, Silencer and Holster
GOLDENEYE (1995)

James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) hero Walther PPK pistol, silencer and holster from Martin Campbell’s Bond movie GoldenEye. Bond used his Walther PPK throughout the film, from his infiltration of the Soviet chemical weapons facility (where the pistol was fitted with a silencer), to his meeting with Valentin Zukovsky (Robbie Coltrane). Colonel Ourumov (Gottfried John) later used Bond’s weapon to kill Defence Minister Mishkin (Tchéky Karyo) and a guard, framing Bond for the crime.

The Walther PPK was Bond’s weapon of choice throughout the series, up to and including Tomorrow Never Dies, when he then switched to the Walther P99. In The Making of GoldenEye by Garth Pearce, armourer Charlie Bodycomb explains that a real, blank-firing Walther PPK was used in close-up, because gun experts in the audience would be able to tell the difference.

The lot consists of a hero Walther PPK pistol, a detachable silencer, and a holster. The Walther PPK is made of blued steel with an acrylic grip, and has the serial number “811590”. The silencer is attached to the pistol using a screw fitting via a threaded barrel. The Galco holster is leather with an elasticated strap.

The pistol is sympathetically deactivated and features a functioning trigger, hammer, magazine release and safety. The weapon and holster show some wear from production use and age, including some scuffing and scratches on the pistol itself, and also on the silencer. Presented on a custom-made display featuring information about the collection, the lot is also accompanied by three certificates of authentication, one for each component, from Bapty, the production armourers, and the pistol’s certificate of deactivation.

This lot was also offered at the 2019 Live Auction

Estimate: £40,000 - 60,000

403. Pierce Brosnan’s Autographed Chair Back
TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1997)

Pierce Brosnan’s chair back from the production of Roger Spottiswoode’s Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies. Made from black canvas, the chair back features Brosnan’s name embroidered in white thread on one side, and is autographed by Brosnan in silver-coloured ink. There are minor signs of wear, with small plucks present on some lines of stitching.

Estimate: £800 - 1,200

404. James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) Blue Linen Shirt
TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1997)

James Bond’s (Pierce Brosnan) blue linen shirt from Tomorrow Never Dies. Bond wore his shirt while he was captured by Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) alongside Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh). The pair then escaped into Saigon on a motorbike, taking down a pursuing helicopter along the way.

The shirt is a blue linen Angelo Litrico (size “L 41/42”), and has a handwritten label in the collar which reads “Pers/Demo/Men.T.N.D”. An Angels & Bermans costumier’s label is stitched to the inside of the breast pocket, and has “1997 Tomorrow Never Dies Pierce Brosnan” handwritten on it.

Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500

405. Verushka’s (Nina Muschallik) Casino Costume and Autographed Photos
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (1999)

Verushka’s (Nina Muschallik) casino costume and a set of autographed photos from Michael Apted’s Bond movie The World Is Not Enough. Verushka wore her costume as she and her associate Nina (Daisy Beaumont) entertained Zukovsky (Robbie Coltrane) in his office at his casino.

Obtained directly from Nina Muschallik, the costume consists of a matching bandeau top and bolero, both made from a dark pink synthetic blend fabric. Both garments are decorated with embroidered floral and metallic faux-gold zigzag patterns. Completing the lot are two stills from the film showing the costume, two headshots and a The World is Not Enough promotional card, all autographed by Muschallik. The costume exhibits minor wear and the lot is accompanied by a letter of authenticity.

Estimate: £800 - 1,200

406. Hovercraft Nose Cone
DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002)

A hovercraft nose cone from Lee Tamahori’s Bond movie Die Another Day. During the pre-credits sequence, Bond (Pierce Brosnan) tried to escape from a North Korean military base in a hovercraft, pursued by Colonel Moon’s (Will Yun Lee) hovercraft-piloting soldiers.

The cone is green and made of fibreglass, with a clear plastic section at the front for the vehicle’s light and two wing mirrors. There is a section on each side where a faux machine gun was mounted during production. The cone is intentionally distressed and painted to look dusty and scratched. The paintwork displays additional scratches and stains in places, and there are chips to the edges of the fibreglass.

Estimate: £600 - 800

407. Jinx Johnson’s (Halle Berry) Hero Pietro Beretta Cheetah Pistol
DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002)

Jinx’s (Halle Berry) hero Pietro Beretta Cheetah pistol from Lee Tamahori’s Bond movie Die Another Day. Jinx (Halle Berry) carried her pistol as she hunted the North Korean terrorist Zao (Rick Yune), using the firearm to kill Dr. Alvarez (Simón Andreu) at the Isla de Los Organos clinic, and later wielding it both at Gustav Graves’ (Toby Stephens) ice palace and on his plane.

This Beretta Cheetah, chambered in a 9mm calibre, features a four-inch barrel and wooden pistol grip and is accompanied by a matching silencer and a removable magazine. It has been sympathetically and permanently deactivated, with a functioning trigger, hammer, slide and magazine release. The barrel has been blocked as part of the deactivation process. The lot displays some wear from production use, including some scuffing and scratches, and a couple of small chips on the wooden grip. Accompanying the lot is a letter of authenticity from Bapty Ltd. confirming its use on the film, a certificate of deactivation, and a small padded carrying case.

This lot was also offered at the 2019 Live Auction

Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000

408. Casino Royale $1,000,000 Poker Chip
CASINO ROYALE (2006)

A $1,000,000 poker chip from Martin Campbell’s Bond movie Casino Royale. James Bond (Daniel Craig), Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) and their fellow poker players used betting chips during the high-stakes game at the Casino Royale in Montenegro. The plaque is made of blue pearlescent plastic, and has a translucent red-and-yellow centre. “Casino Royale $1,000,000 Montenegro” is printed on both sides in a gold-and-black font. The chip displays light scratches. Dimensions: 11.5 cm x 8 cm x 0.5 cm (4 1/2” x 3 1/4” x 1/4”)a gold-and-black font. The chip displays light scratches.

Estimate: £800 - 1,200

409. Casino Royale $500,000 Poker Chip
CASINO ROYALE (2006)

A $500,000 poker chip from Martin Campbell’s Bond movie Casino Royale.

James Bond (Daniel Craig), Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) and their fellow poker players used betting chips during the high-stakes game at the Casino Royale in Montenegro. The chip is made of red pearlescent plastic and has a translucent green centre. “Casino Royale $500,000 Montenegro” is printed on both sides.

Estimate: £800 - 1,200

410. James Bond’s (Daniel Craig) Tuxedo
SKYFALL (2012)

James Bond’s (Daniel Craig) tuxedo from Sam Mendes’ Bond movie Skyfall. Bond wore his tuxedo in Macau, when he encountered Sévérine (Bérénice Marlohe) at the Golden Dragon Casino, and the next morning when he was taken to a deserted island and forced to try and shoot a whiskey glass off her head by ex-MI6 agent and cyberterrorist Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem).

Made from midnight blue wool, which appears black in certain lighting, the custom-made Tom Ford tuxedo consists of a matching dinner jacket and trousers. The jacket features black satin lapels, an angled pocket on the left breast, and two welt pockets situated at the hips. Three small covered buttons are adhered to each cuff, and a larger matching button is sewn on the front. A strip of black satin runs down the trouser seams and the waist is fitted with adjusters with small metal buckles. The jacket lining is autographed by Craig in silver-coloured ink. A Tom Ford label with the text “Daniel Craig, Bond 23” embroidered in white is located within the jacket’s interior right chest pocket. The interior of each garment displays large maker labels displaying several fields, including multiple bespoke measurements; the box titled “cliente” reads “INC DCraig”. The tuxedo displays signs of production use, including light plucks and minor marks on the jacket, while some stitching on the trousers’ left-side seam has come undone, creating a small hole. The lot is accompanied by an EON Productions certificate of authenticity.

Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000

411. James Bond’s (Daniel Craig) MI6 Training Suit
SKYFALL (2012)

James Bond’s (Daniel Craig) MI6 training suit from Sam Mendes’ Bond film SkyFall. Bond wore his training suit when he returned to MI6 after being shot in the line of duty, and undertook a series of physical, psychological and combat tasks to prove he was fit for service.

The costume consists of a tracksuit jacket and trousers, with a T-shirt and a pair of trainers. The blue Puma tracksuit has the MI6 insignia stitched onto the left breast pocket with silver thread, as does the blue muscle-fit T-shirt. The tracksuit trousers have a zipped pocket on each hip. A production tag describes the costume as “Hero” and was used for “Day (7) Sc44 - Sc 49”. The costume has some wear from production use, including a small stain on the front of the T-shirt, and is presented on a custom-built mannequin with an illuminating display base. The blue Adidas trainers have a hole drilled into each sole for display purposes. The lot comes with a certificate of authenticity from EON.

Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000

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James Bond's first Walther gun, used Sean Connery in Dr. No, will be auctioned at Julien's Auctions on 3 December 2020.

Julien's Auctions Icons & Idols Trilogy: Hollywood, catalog cover
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If you think that sounds familiar, you might be thinking of a Walther PPK that was about to be offered in December 2018, but was quickly withdrawn after the provenance of the item was questioned.

This new offering by Julien's is a different gun and this one is the real deal.

James Bond uses this hero weapon throughout the film and helped to establish and define the character that has been featured in books, films, and other media for the past nearly six decades.

The weapon is referred to in the film as a Walther PPK by M (Bernard Lee), but in actuality the production used this Walther PP .380 ACP.

One of the two Walther PP weapons used by James Bond in Dr. No
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The silhouette of the Walther PP and PPK has served as the key iconic image for the character of James Bond since the film franchise debuted with Dr. No, and this deactivated handgun was the first of all that followed.

The Walther on offer is one of two employed in the film. The prop was identified by the original film armorer, BAPTY in the UK, who had it until they sold it at the official BAPTY Archive auction in 2006.

It has since been archived in the collection of that buyer for the past 14 years. The weapon includes a Certificate of DeActivation and a letter of provenance from BAPTY.

Walther PP used by Sean Connery as James Bond in Dr. No
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The Julien's Icons & Idols Trilogy wil now offer the deactivated gun on Thursday, December 3rd, live in Beverly Hills and online at www.JuliensLive.com.

The auction will include more than 500 other movie artifacts taken out of the vault and production archives of Hollywood's greatest films from the Golden Age of Hollywood to today's modern and new box office classics as well as pieces rarely seen or coming to the auction block for the first time, celebrating the famous and influential from film, television, stage and more.

The Bond Walther is expected to fetch up to $200,000, according to the Julien's auction house.

More information and bidding on www.JuliensLive.com.

The catalog can be ordered at Julien's website as well.