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    26 June 2013

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    • The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977
    Lot 52

    The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977

    Price realised

    GBP 2,375

    Estimate

    GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500

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    The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977
    Front and rear prop car registration number plates made for the Lotus Esprit used by Roger Moore as James Bond in the 1977 United Artists/EON Productions film The Spy Who Loved Me; accompanied by a document concerning the provenance (3)

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    Lot Essay

    One of the most memorable cars in movie history, the Lotus Esprit provides much of the excitement of the film. Q's modifications meant that it was able to turn into a submarine. Bond is chased around Sardinia pursued by a missile-launching motorbike, Jaws and a car full of Stromberg's henchmen, and finally by Stromberg's mistress Naomi in a helicopter. To evade Naomi, Bond drives the car off a jetty into the sea, where it transforms into a submarine. Bond uses the car's missile-launchers to dispose of Naomi and proceeds to take a closer look at Stromberg's underwater base. Having utilised the submarine Lotus' ink jets, torpedoes and mines to fight off Stromberg's underwater henchmen, Bond drives the car up a beach to the amazement of holidaymakers.

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    Post Lot Text

    The number plates in this lot are sold as objects without any of the rights associated with the sale of a transferable vehicle registration mark.

    © 1977 DANJAQ, LLC. AND UNITED ARTISTS CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.


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