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Sean Connery's Bond pistol is auctioned - for more than $ 250,000

2020-12-05T08:26:22.401Z


His role as James Bond made Sean Connery world famous. After the actor's death, a pistol from his first spy film came under the hammer - as did other Hollywood memorabilia.


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Auctioneer Martin Nolan with Bond weapon: an old Walther PP for a quarter of a million

Photo: ROBYN BECK / AFP

A pistol used by Sean Connery on his first appearance as a secret agent has been auctioned for a lot of money in the USA.

A bidder bought the famous Walther PP from 1962 on Thursday for $ 256,000 (about 210,000 euros), as announced by Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills.

The auction house had previously put the estimated value at $ 150,000 to $ 200,000.

The buyer wanted to remain anonymous.

Julien's Auctions announced that it was an American who had seen every Bond film with his children.

Connery died in the Bahamas on October 31st at the age of 90.

The Scottish actor was the first James Bond actor - and for many fans the best too.

He played the British secret agent seven times between 1962 and 1983.

A photo of Connery showing the pistol from "James Bond - 007 Dr.

No ”in his hand adorned the catalog of the“ Icons & Idols ”auction, at which more than 500 Hollywood memorabilia went under the hammer, including costumes and items by stars such as Marilyn Monroe, John Travolta, Greta Garbo and Elizabeth Taylor.

A pilot's helmet marked Maverick, which Tom Cruise wore in "Top Gun" in 1986, fetched just under $ 109,000.

A sword that Bruce Willis wielded as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction (1994) went under the hammer for more than $ 35,000.

John Wayne's eye patch: just under $ 13,000

A bidder paid $ 16,000 for an elegant jacket from the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.

A poem handwritten by Marilyn Monroe on the stationery of the US writer Arthur Miller achieved just as much.

The film icon was married to Miller from 1956 to 1961.

An eye patch that John Wayne wore in the western "True Grit" changed hands for $ 12,800.

The 156-page script for the 1972 mafia epic "The Godfather" brought in over $ 10,000.

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Source: spiegel

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