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VINTAGE: Another James Bond DB5 For Sale
One of four spy-gadget Aston Martin movie cars, this one used to promote ‘Thunderball,’ is offered by a British marque specialist.
The Aston Martin DB5 built to promote the James Bond film 'Thunderball' is one of four equipped for fighting international bad guys. (Photo: RS Williams)
When it comes to movie cars, few are more famous than the Aston Martin DB5 driven by the fictional James Bond in such films as Goldfinger, Thunderball, GoldenEye and most recently, Skyfall.
Four DB5 movie cars loaded with spy gadgets were reportedly built for filming and promotion of the Bond movies, and now comes another chance to add one to your collection, if you can spare the millions.
Two of the movie cars were constructed for the filming of Goldfinger, but one was reportedly stolen in 1997, current whereabouts unknown. The surviving Goldfinger movie car was sold at an RM Auction event in 2010 for the rather impressive sum of $4.1 million. While it’s hard to price such an iconic car, its value was likely boosted by its being driven by actor Sean Connery in both Goldfinger and Thunderball.
The two other cars were used to promote the Bond franchise but never appeared onscreen. One of them, a 1964 Aston Martin DB5, resides in the collection of the Louwman Museum in The Hague, Netherlands.
This is the final James Bond DB5, reportedly a 1965 model, being offered for sale by British Aston Martin specialist Richard Stewart Williams, Limited. Equipped with the standard array of 007 gadgets such as a nail dispenser, oil spray nozzles, bulletproof shield and rotating number plates, it’s the perfect addition to anyone’s Aston Martin collection.
The Deccan Herald of India reports that the car was used to promote Thunderball, and that the asking price is set at 3 million pounds ($4,730,000). That seems a bit ambitious, given that the actual DB5 that appeared in Goldfinger sold for more than half a million dollars less.
That said, the universal truth of collector cars is this: the value is ultimately set by a determined buyer. RS Williams knows that finding a buyer willing to pay that much is just a matter of time.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
Four DB5 movie cars loaded with spy gadgets were reportedly built for filming and promotion of the Bond movies, and now comes another chance to add one to your collection, if you can spare the millions.
Two of the movie cars were constructed for the filming of Goldfinger, but one was reportedly stolen in 1997, current whereabouts unknown. The surviving Goldfinger movie car was sold at an RM Auction event in 2010 for the rather impressive sum of $4.1 million. While it’s hard to price such an iconic car, its value was likely boosted by its being driven by actor Sean Connery in both Goldfinger and Thunderball.
The two other cars were used to promote the Bond franchise but never appeared onscreen. One of them, a 1964 Aston Martin DB5, resides in the collection of the Louwman Museum in The Hague, Netherlands.
This is the final James Bond DB5, reportedly a 1965 model, being offered for sale by British Aston Martin specialist Richard Stewart Williams, Limited. Equipped with the standard array of 007 gadgets such as a nail dispenser, oil spray nozzles, bulletproof shield and rotating number plates, it’s the perfect addition to anyone’s Aston Martin collection.
The Deccan Herald of India reports that the car was used to promote Thunderball, and that the asking price is set at 3 million pounds ($4,730,000). That seems a bit ambitious, given that the actual DB5 that appeared in Goldfinger sold for more than half a million dollars less.
That said, the universal truth of collector cars is this: the value is ultimately set by a determined buyer. RS Williams knows that finding a buyer willing to pay that much is just a matter of time.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
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