James Bond 007 GoldenEye Aston Martin up for auction
GoldenEye is the iconic James Bond film, and now fans of the film can get their hands on a piece of it in the form of an Aston Martin at the movie hits auction!
The James Bond movies are probably responsible for many people becoming Aston Martin fans, and as luck would have it, the iconic DB5 from GoldenEye will be up for auction soon.
The said car is expected to be priced between £1.2m (just over $1.5m) and £1.6m (just over $2.1m) when listed for sale by Bonhams on July 13, 2018, according to the UK publication. The Telegraph.
GoldenEye, a 1995 film starring Pierce Brosnan, was the first installment in the James Bond series to not feature any plot elements from Ian Fleming's writings. It came out after a six-year hiatus when Timothy Dalton turned down the iconic role.
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However, the DB5 was built 30 years before the film's release, in 1965. He was involved in one of the franchise's most memorable car chases when Bond raced the beautiful villainess Xenia Onatopp in a Ferrari F355 down a mountainous road in Monaco. France.
While GoldenEyethe quality is clearly far from what we are used to, it remains one of the highest rated films of all time. As a result, both Bond and DB5 left a mark; and the Nintendo 64 game of the same name did no harm either.
"The Bond DB5 is definitely the pinnacle of cinematic cars," said Bonhams spokeswoman Poppy Mackenzie Smith. “This car embodies the glamour, daring and quintessential British essence of the beloved spy.
“This car broke the record for the most valuable Bond memorabilia ever sold when it went under the hammer in 2001, and it's easy to see why. It's a really beautiful car in exemplary condition, capable of speeds up to 150 mph." DB5 is one of the most recognizable and evocative British classics in the world, and the Bond connection makes it even more special." what did she say you get for your dollar? Well, arguably one of the most famous cars in the world is also considered "perhaps one of the most beautiful cars ever produced by a British manufacturer". inside and boasts a 282-liter inline-six engine with 4.0 hp. under the hood. car; even if you plan to do it in another machine. But we would certainly understand that if you were tempted.
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