It is there that the La Perla trunks, one of two pairs bought for the film, will be sold – but perhaps not modelled.

The online auction, with 40, lots is between 28 September and 8 October, and the evening auction is on 5 October, designated Global James Bond Day as it marks the 50th anniversary of the first screening of Dr No. All the proceeds, including those from sales of the catalogue, are going to 12 charities.

The memorabilia come from the archives of EON Productions, makers of the Bond movies. Other costumes in the sale include the silk wrap dress worn by Jinx (Halle Berry) in Die Another Day, which she removes before diving backwards into the sea to escape the gene therapy clinic guards, and the black velvet three-piece dinner suit worn by the psychopath Le Chiffre in Casino Royale. Timothy Dalton has offered the fawn gaberdine suit that he wore as Bond when he was in Tangiers, stalking General Pushkin in The Living Daylights. Tarot cards first used by Solitaire in what looks like Mr Big's reception in Live And Let Die are also in the sale, with an estimate of £800 to £1,200. The sale includes something related to every film – if not props, costumes or clapperboards then a first-edition book or poster.įrom Goldfinger there are props from the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach, including the scorecard that Goldfinger uses when he is cheating at cards, an ashtray and the Do Not Disturb sign that Bond puts on a door as he discovers Jill Masterson helping her boss cheat. Also up for sale is his belt with its gold (not real) buckle, which has space for two gold (not real) bullets. The £2,000 to £3,000 valuation for a small pretend circuit board in the sale may raise eyebrows, but it was used as the Solex Agitator stolen by Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun – a device so powerful it could harness the sun's energy.

Admittedly they look like sink plungers fastened to bits of carpet but they are accompanied by a fibreglass shotgun from Tiger Tanaka's ninja training school. Christie's director Nicolette Tomkinson said the aim was to offer a broad spectrum of prices – 'we hope to make memorabilia from the 23 Bond films accessible to all'.Ĭertainly there is much for Bond fans to go goggle-eyed over: for example, the rubber suction pads that Sean Connery strapped to his knees and hands when he scaled the sheer face of Blofeld's volcano lair in You Only Live Twice.

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