If you’ve ever dreamed of having your own James Bond moment while driving around in an Aston Martin super-spy car, you might get your chance to live that dream this summer — if you can. The 1964 Aston Martin DB5 personally owned by Bond actor Sean Connery will be auctioned on August 18. It is expected that the price of the car ranges between 1.4 to 1.8 million dollars. The sale of the car, offered by the late actor’s family, is facilitated by Broad Arrow Auctions.
According to Broad Arrow, the car is the only DB5 Connery owns personally and looks exactly like the Aston Martin used in the Bond films – it’s even the same color, Snow Shadow Gray. However, this particular vehicle was never actually used in a movie. The Aston Martins used in the movie contained many props that Connery’s personal car did not have. It is said that Connery loved to drive. Outside of the car’s connection to Connery, the Aston Martin DB5 is indeed a fairly rare car with fewer than 1,100 of them ever built.
According to the car’s listing on the Broad Arrow website, the auction winner will also have the opportunity to be driven in the car by F1 World Championship racing driver Jackie Stewart, a friend of Connery’s. The car is also described as “in good looking condition” and has recently undergone extensive servicing and inspection in preparation for auction. The Connery family committed to donating a “significant portion of the proceeds from the sale” of the car to the Sean Connery Charitable Trust.
This isn’t the first time in recent years that a Bond-related Aston Martin DB5 has been auctioned. In 2019, the DB5 was driven by James Bond of Connery in both gold finger And the thunder It sold at auction for $6.4 million. This particular car is one of three surviving James Bond cars from that era and is specifically one of two designed for a promotional tour. thunder He never appeared on the screen. A fourth DB5 was stolen in June 1997 and found in 2021, but it is unclear if it has actually been recovered.
Aston Martin DB5 Personal from Connery, Chassis No. The DB5/1681/R will be auctioned on August 18th at the Monterey Jet Center. You can read more about the car and the auction here.
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