AR / ITEM / 00100414
DB5/2008/R
1965 Aston Martin DB5 'Bond Car', Chassis DB5/2008/R
One of two DB5s built from new with Goldfinger's gadgets for the Thunderball promotional tour, sold by RM Sotheby's in 2019 for $6.4 million.
- Date
- 1965
- Catalogue
- Aston Martin DB5
Plate not recorded
No photograph with documented reuse rights is held for this record.
Record
Eon Productions commissioned the car, one of two DB5s built new with James Bond gadgetry as seen in Goldfinger, for a North American promotional campaign for Thunderball. It is one of three surviving Bond DB5s. Restored with all thirteen gadgets working, it was sold at RM Sotheby's Monterey sale on 15 August 2019 for $6.4 million.
- Culture
- British
- Origin
- United Kingdom
In the Tapestry
- Associated with
- Sean ConneryBmedium confidence
- Associated with
- GoldfingerB
- Made by · 1965
- Aston MartinB
- Associated with · 2019
- RM Sotheby'sA
Sources
- A
Bond Lifestyle, 'Original James Bond Aston Martin DB5 sold for $6.4m at RM Sotheby's Monterey'
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RM Sotheby's, Monterey 2019, lot 50: 1965 Aston Martin DB5 'Bond Car'
↗ View original record
