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The two-part sale will be held as a live
auction on Wednesday and an online auction with bidding open
until James Bond Day on Oct. 5 - the date the world premiere for
the first film about the suave British secret agent - "Dr. No" -
was held in 1962.
Leading the lots is the car used for some adrenaline-packed
stunts in "No Time to Die" amid the stunning backdrop of the
cave dwellings of the Italian city of Matera.
With a price estimate of 1.5 million pounds to 2 million pounds
($1.62 million to $2.16 million), it is one of eight replicas
built for the movie.
"Externally it looks exactly like the DB5 that we all associate
with James Bond, internally (it's) a completely different beast
to be capable of all the incredible stunts and the driving that
they did in Matera," Adrian Hume-Sayer, director of private and
iconic collections at Christie's as well head of the James Bond
sale, told Reuters.
Other lots include a signed "No Time to Die" clapperboard, with
a price estimate of 5,000-7,000 pounds, as well as costumes worn
by the film's cast members such as Rami Malek as villain Safin
and Lashana Lynch as 007 agent Nomi.
Several outfits worn by Craig in his last outing as Bond also
feature, including a tactical costume for his final scenes. It
has a price estimate of 15,000-20,000 pounds.
There are also other vehicles, watches and costumes as well as
props from different Bond movies.
Proceeds from the two "Sixty Years of James Bond" auctions, with
a total of some 60 lots, will go to different charities.
Various events are planned to mark the anniversary as Bond fans
speculate who will next play the character.
“Well, right now we’re not thinking about the next chapter yet,
we’re just celebrating the release of ‘No Time to Die’ and our
60th anniversary," producer Michael G. Wilson told Reuters.
"And I think when this is over by the end of this year, next
year we’ll start to think about where do we go from here.”
($1 = 0.9274 pounds)
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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