A pistol used by famous James Bond, actual Sean Connery, which was in a poster to publicize the 1963 film ‘From Russia With Love’ was sold at auction for an unbelievable total of worth £277,250. This Walther air pistol was estimated to be sold around 10times less than it did, it was assumed that it will at maximum be auction around almost £15,000-£20,000, however at Christie's in London on Thursday, This gun gained even more than the 10 times of its actual predicted price.
Ten of another similar James Bond style pistol, which appeared, this time in 1974 film ‘The Man With The Golden Gun,’ caught the standard ordinary action of for £15,000 and was sold. Also worth mentioning here, is the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 with complete with revolving number plates, ejector seat and bullet-proof shield as it was used in Bond films ‘Goldfinger’ and ‘Thunderball,’ was also auction for a huge sum of £2.6m by an American car enthusiast, last month.
Some other items that were also sold at similar auctions Thursday's Popular Culture: Film and Entertainment auction included a dinosaur model from the popular 1933 ‘King Kong’ film was bought for the price of £25,000. While a metal box that contained the glowing red eye of the computer HAL from the film 2001: ‘A Space Odyssey’ managed up to £17,500. While, on the other hand, some items did also fail to be sold, one of such items was a pair of trunks worn by Christopher Reeve in the 1984 film Superman.
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