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Never Say Never Again, 1983
A prop Walther PPK -- purchased for Sean Connery as James Bond in the 1983 Warner Bros. film Never Say Never Again; accompanied by a black and white publicity still of Sean Connery signed and inscribed in blue ink For Giles, Best Wishes, Sean Connery -- 10x8in. (25.4x20.3cm.); and a book PARKER, John Sean Connery, London: Gollancz, 1993, the frontispiece signed and inscribed in black ink My Dear Malcolm, With My Best Wishes, Sean Connery (3)
A prop Walther PPK -- purchased for Sean Connery as James Bond in the 1983 Warner Bros. film Never Say Never Again; accompanied by a black and white publicity still of Sean Connery signed and inscribed in blue ink For Giles, Best Wishes, Sean Connery -- 10x8in. (25.4x20.3cm.); and a book PARKER, John Sean Connery, London: Gollancz, 1993, the frontispiece signed and inscribed in black ink My Dear Malcolm, With My Best Wishes, Sean Connery (3)
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Although we understand that the prop Walther PPK in this lot was obtained for Sean Connery in this production, it would not have been used in the film. In the footage and the signed still in this lot, Sean Connery as James Bond is seen using a Walther P5. According to our research, subsequent to the release of the catalogue, the production team behind Never Say Never Again wanted a different model gun for Bond in this film, rather than 007's usual Walther PPK instead they chose a Walther P5. The fact that this model of Walther, [the P5], did not actually come into production until c.1987/8 was in keeping with 007's image of being ahead of his time where technology is concerned.