James Bond’s 1964 Aston Martin DB5
RM Auctions will hold its fourth annual Automobiles of London auction today beginning at 4:00 PM GMT, at Battersea Evolution in London. Auction sale will feature over 100 cars, headlined by the Most Famous Car in the World 1964 Aston Martin DB5 of James Bond, the ex-Masten Gregory 1952 Jaguar C-Type, 2010 Pagani Zonda R, 1904 DeDion-Bouton Model ADL Rear-Entry Tonneau, 1961 Ferguson Climax P99 Four-Wheel-Drive F1 Racing Car, 1971 Lamborghini Miura SVJ, 1938 Talbot-Lago T23 Teardrop Coupe and 1931 Bentley 8-Litre Open Tourer.
With its original and Iconic UK registration number, FMP 7B, Aston Martin DB5, one of only two, and the sole remaining, of the original ‘007’ DB5s as featured on screen with Sean Connery is expected to achieve in excess of £3.5 million (over $5 million).
RM is also presenting 23 examples from the Hooper Corporate Collection as a featured segment of its Automobiles of London sale, many of which have been in the collection’s care since the 1980s. Highlights include: a gold-plated aluminium body 1920 Pierce-Arrow Model 48 2/3-Passenger Coupe, a 1935 Auburn 851 Supercharged Speedster, a 1964 Rolls-Royce Phantom V Seven-Passenger Limousine, formerly owned by New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, a 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom II featuring a unique one-off all-copper body by Brockman and a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe.
If you aren’t going to be around your television and want to see the Automobiles of London auction live, you can watch it here!
