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Pierce Brosnan GoldenEye, 1995
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Pierce Brosnan GoldenEye, 1995
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • £19,200
  • ($38,650)
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    £1,500 - £2,000
  • ($3,020 - $4,026)

Sale Information

Sale 5238
Film & Entertainment Memorabilia
19 December 2007
London, South Kensington





Lot Description

Pierce Brosnan GoldenEye, 1995
A three-piece wool suit in Prince of Wales check, the single-breasted jacket with Brioni signature silk lining, labelled inside Brioni, Roma, the trousers with turn-ups and the matching waistcoat similarly with Brioni signature silk back panel -- made for Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in the 1995 United Artists/Eon film GoldenEye; accompanied by a colour reproduction of a corresponding still and a letter from the vendor concerning the provenance (3) (3)

Special Notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Notes

In order to establish the identity and style of Pierce Brosnan, Costume Designer, Lindy Hemming, cleverly looked to Sean Connery's Bond of the 1960s for inspiration. Indeed, the Prince Of Wales check used for the suit in this lot is reminiscent of a number of suits made by Anthony Sinclair for Sean Connery as 007.
Pierce Brosnan wears an identical suit to the one in this lot when Tanner [Michael Kitchin] briefs Bond regarding the Severnaya crisis. According to the vendor, this suit is one of only two made for Pierce Brosnan for this important scene. It is during this scene that a new phase is established in the Bond-M relationship. Bond admits to M that he regards her as a 'bean-counter' and M reponds by calling him a sexist, misogynist dinosaur - a relic of the Cold War.... Allusions are made to the past when Bond suggests ...your predecessor kept some cognac... but M cuts him short I prefer Bourbon. Simultaneously establishing her authority and her no-nonsense approach to her role in this scene M informs Bond ...I've no compunction about sending you to your death.

Post-Lot Text

c 1995, Danjaq, LLC. and United Artists Corporation. All rights reserved

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