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    Paul Mossberg
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    @pmossberg

    Anyone got $60,000 to “loan” me?

     

    This is too cool to not share. I’d love to have this “replica” sitting in my living room!

     

    A Christie’s employee poses next to a 1/3 scale replica Aston Martin DB5 used in the film “Skyfall” during the press preview of “50 years of James Bond – The Auction” at Christie’s auction house in London on Sept. 28. The model is expected to fetch 30,000 – 40,000 GBP (46,000 – 60,000 USD). To celebrate the 50th anniversary of James Bond on film, Christie’s is holding an auction of Bond memorabilia from the archives of EON Productions.

     

    Paul Mossberg
    Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
    2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

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    #251982
    john barry
    Participant

    @jebarry

    love th e older Aston’s  Thx  Paul

    #251983
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Wow. Is that a one-off? How detailed? Any info on why they needed a third-sized scale replica?

    #251984
    Paul Mossberg
    Keymaster

    @pmossberg

    The text I copied in is all that nbcnews had on their web site.

    Based on the one picture, I bet it is likely there is a fairly detailed
    interior, but no engine/drivetrain. The machine gun ports are open, so I
    also bet the wheel spinner/tire cutters extend, the rear bullet shield
    extends and the license plates probably revolve. Heck, if Corgi could do
    it on the 1/43rd I had as a kid, these guys can in a 1/3 scale model!

    I thought this was a model used in shooting the movie, because nbcnews said “…replica Aston Martin DB5 used in the film….”

    But I found a web site that describes it as “…a post-production 1/3 scale replica miniature model manufactured by
    Propshop at Pinewood Studios of the Aston Martin DB5 used in SkyFall.”

    http://www.jamesbondlifestyle.com/news/christies-auction-reveals-skyfall-products

    This is how Reuters describes it:

    Among the highlights for him was a one-third
    scale model of an Aston Martin DB5 used in the filming of “Skyfall”, the
    next Bond adventure which hits the screens in October.

    The car was used in earlier Bonds and has become closely associated with the fictional double agent.

    “In Skyfall we go back to the old Aston Martin, the DB5, we bring that out of mothball,” Wilson said.

    “We
    used it in the film but we had to make a model of it. We made an extra
    model, one third scale … that was made for the film and I think that’s
    a pretty unique thing to get.”

    http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/28/film-jamesbond-auction-idINDEE88R07320120928

    PMOSSBERG2012-09-28 18:38:52

    Paul Mossberg
    Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
    2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

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    #251985
    edward ericson
    Participant

    @edsnova

    Ah. Made to sell. That explains the expected bids.

    #251986
    Dan Rosa
    Participant

    @dan-r

    Paul , the check is in the mail Wink   Dan

    #251987
    Paul Mossberg
    Keymaster

    @pmossberg

    Thanks Dan. I’ll keep an eye out for it! Handshake

    Paul Mossberg
    Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
    2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

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