James Bond Aston Martin Expected to Fetch $5M at Auction
October 28th, 2010 - 1:06 am ICT by Angela Kaye MasonOct 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The silver Aston Martin DB5 which was made famous by the character ‘James Bond’ in the movies ‘Goldfinger’ and ‘Thunderball’ is going to auction in London this week, and is expected ot draw in at least five million dollars.
The car is said not to be in the best shape after sitting in the private collection of a possibly careless owner for the last forty years. The estimated cost of the needed repairs which would be needed in order to get the car back into mint condition is another five hundred thousand dollars.
The car is one of the four vehicles which were used by Sean Connery as Bond in the two films during the high speed chase scenes. This car is said to be the only one which is still intact, since the second one was stolen from a warehouse in Florida, and is suspected to have been sold off in pieces, and the other two are no longer in existence.
In the video embedded below, you can take a full tour of the car and it’s gadgets.
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