The Gentleman Magazine Issue 9 | June 2018 | Page 34
BONHAMS TO OFFER THE GOLDENEYE ASTON
MARTIN DB5 AT FESTIVAL OF SPEED SALE
The ex-Eon Productions and as featured in GoldenEye, driven
by Pierce Brosnan as James Bond 1965 Aston Martin DB5
Sports Saloon (£1,200,000-1,600,000)
On 13 July at its Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale, Bonhams
will offer the ultimate Bond car – the 1965 Aston Martin DB5
driven by James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) in the 1995 motion
picture GoldenEye. The estimate is £1,200,000-1,600,000.
The DB5 has become synonymous with James Bond, and
this example featured in the famous opening chase scene
of GoldenEye where Bond dices with arch villainess Xenia
Onatopp in her Ferrari through the hills above Monaco.
When purchased by the current owner in 2001, the car became
the most valuable piece of Bond memorabilia ever sold. It has
been on display at both The National Motor Museum and the
Bond in Motion exhibition at Covent Garden.
Sholto Gilbertson, Bonhams Motor Cars Department Director,
commented: 'The DB5 is one of the most recognisable and
desirable British classic cars in the world - it is also the ultimate
Bond car. Every fan remembers Pierce Brosnan tearing through
the hills in this car, and it must be up there as one of the most
thrilling Bond car chases in history. This Aston Martin is
something very special indeed.'
The car will be on display at Bonhams Aston Martin Sale on
2 June at Englefield House, Reading and sold at the Bonhams
Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale on 13 July.
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