£41,000 for a gearknob?...you must be joking
ke02eww
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Yesterday, a number of bond-related items came up at the annual Aston Martin auction at Newport Pagnall. Some, sadly, (the buyers wouldn't like to know) can be bought on ebay for a mere fraction of their hammer price ! 
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However, the highlight was the gearknob-ejector-button from the special effects car in Goldfinger.
"According to information supplied by the vendor, after the filming and promotion of the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964) and Thunderball (1965), BMT 216A, Aston Martin chassis number DP/216/1, 'the special effects DB5 car', which was owned by Aston Martin and loaned to Eon productions for the films, was returned to Works Service at Newport Pagnell on 6th September 1967. Works were carried out including the replacement of the film used gear lever knob. The car then continued to tour as an exhibition piece......"
Well worth a look on the catalogue;
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3486598&iSaleNo=15340&sServer=http://images1.bonhams.com/&sPath=2007-04/16/94277268-1-2.jpg
And lots 65-95 are well worth a look too, especially if you plan to throw out any Bond-related junk....before you do, make sure the same item didn't just sell for £200 ! 8-)
)However, the highlight was the gearknob-ejector-button from the special effects car in Goldfinger.
"According to information supplied by the vendor, after the filming and promotion of the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964) and Thunderball (1965), BMT 216A, Aston Martin chassis number DP/216/1, 'the special effects DB5 car', which was owned by Aston Martin and loaned to Eon productions for the films, was returned to Works Service at Newport Pagnell on 6th September 1967. Works were carried out including the replacement of the film used gear lever knob. The car then continued to tour as an exhibition piece......"
Well worth a look on the catalogue;
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3486598&iSaleNo=15340&sServer=http://images1.bonhams.com/&sPath=2007-04/16/94277268-1-2.jpg
And lots 65-95 are well worth a look too, especially if you plan to throw out any Bond-related junk....before you do, make sure the same item didn't just sell for £200 ! 8-)
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Only a desperate housewife would consider £41k worth paying for an ejector-knob....
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE...
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3525488&iSaleNo=15340&sServer=http://images1.bonhams.com/&sPath=2007-05/04/7422093-1-1.JPG
AND
http://cgi.ebay.com/james-bond-40th-anniversary-goldfinger-swatch-watch_W0QQitemZ150120376180QQihZ005QQcategoryZ60232QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
yes....there is only one difference...
£376 !!!!
I'm seriously thinking of buying every piece of JB and Aston Martin junk on Ebay, and entering it into next year's AM auction....
With the proceeds I plan to by a gearknob...
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3525495&iSaleNo=15340&sServer=http://images1.bonhams.com/&sPath=2007-05/04/7422093-2-1.JPG
the very same as this...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Swatch-James-Bond-The-World-is-not-Enough-New-boxed_W0QQitemZ190112230984QQihZ009QQcategoryZ31387QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
then there are the evolution slot car sets...
But the watch tells the time, that gear knob won't!
The Tesla Roadster. Totally electric plug-in car, no gas usage whatsoever. 0-60MPH in four seconds, 230+ HP, and it's made by Lotus. All this for only $90,000 US... Considering only purchasing power of money and not exchange rates, he could have doubled his money and bought an entire car. Oh, well, no matter: he's got the gearknob! Only 9999999999 parts to go before he has the whole Aston in a box!!