[Healeys] The Bond car

[I Erbs]

They make a few copies of the car for different shoots in the movie, so
there could be s few original cars
On Oct 28, 2010 10:57 AM, "BJ8 Healeys" <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote:
> There may be as many copies of the '64 DB5 Bond car as there are "factory
> Ms". I was in a vintage aircraft hangar in Kissimmee, Florida a few years
> ago. Next to the P-51 and against the wall was a sign indicating that the
> original James Bond DB5 had been on display there, but it had been stolen.
> Maybe they eventually got it back and sold it on, or maybe it or the one
> recently at auction (or both) was one of the copies. For 4.1 million, one
> would think that any buyer willing to spend that kind of money would want
> some proof of the provenance of the car, though. Recent experience of BJ8s
> sold for big bucks at Barrett-Jackson suggests it ain't necessarily so.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC USA
>
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:
healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Bert Van Brande
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:12 PM
> To: I Erbs; healey help; Alan Seigrist
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] The Bond car
>
> Different "Bond" car, the 64 Aston-Martin DB5 with 007 movie background
and
> parafernalia sold yesterday at RM auction in London for 4.1 Million USD
> (4.6M total) to a ... US mortgage banker. (refrained myself from further
> remarks)
>
> BTW, the 100m sold for 50,400 GBP and a BN2 with "stylish" upgrades sold
for
> 42,600 GBP. (+/- 90K and 76K USD with auction fees)
> _______________________________________________
> Healeys at autox.team.net
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation $12.75
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/eyera3@gmail.com