World's largest James Bond car collection up for sale

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World's largest James Bond car collection up for sale

Hamburg - A property tycoon has put the world's largest collection of James Bond cars up for sale.

US-based Michael Dezer is asking a cool 36 million dollars for the fleet of 60 original vehicles from the James Bond films, according to British and German media reports.

There is something for everyone, ranging from Odd Job’s Rolls-Royce in Gold finger, a Lotus Esprit S1 with roof-mounted skis from the Spy who Loved Me and a tuk tuk auto rickshaw used in Octopussy.

A Russian T55 tank which crashed through a wall in Golden eye is also included.

A possible snag for prospective purchasers is that the owner prefers to sell the James Bond vehicles as a job lot.

"They must stay together," Barbara Donovan of Mayfair Cars in London told Germany’s Spiegel Online website.

She and her husband Stuart are Dezer’s British representatives.

Most of the Bond vehicles came from a museum in the town of Keswickin Britain’s picturesque Lake District.

When the owner closed down the attraction, Dezer bought the lot and had them shipped to his museum in Miami, Florida.

Here they joined other automotive screen idols such as the original VW Beetle from the Herbie movies. Down the years Dezer has collected a total of 1,800 vehicles.


-- The Nation 2014-03-06

[neverdie]

Some people have too much money.

[Chicog]

Watch some Saudi or Qatari snap them up as garden ornaments. Or maybe the Rainbow Shaikh. This is his caravan...

Edited March 6, 2014 by Chicog

[JesseFrank]

Watch some Saudi or Qatari snap them up as garden ornaments. Or maybe the Rainbow Shaikh. This is his caravan...

Like Neverdie said, some people have too much money, but it seems that with the money they lose their taste.

[RickBradford]

Like Neverdie said, some people have too much money, but it seems that with the money they lose their taste.

More probably, they never had any in the first place, and the money enables them to indulge the lack of taste.

[siamjimi]

What about Sean Connery ?

[Kerryd]

Watch some Saudi or Qatari snap them up as garden ornaments. Or maybe the Rainbow Shaikh. This is his caravan...

Like Neverdie said, some people have too much money, but it seems that with the money they lose their taste.

But is it Zombie-proof ? And where are the anti-aircraft cannons ?

But the T54/55 tank being offered as a part of the JB collection.......hmmmmm......little bit cramped but pretty zombie proof (unlike the tank in the 1st episode of TWD) !

[falangadang]

Selling them off individually is more of a viability than a 36m$ job lot.

They evidently don't want them so what's the big deal about them being split up?

[HOOD Robin]

maybe something for the desert fox in Dubai ?

[atyclb]

Shaken and not stirred.

actress "my name is pussy galore"

connery "i must be dreaming"

[Dap]

Watch some Saudi or Qatari snap them up as garden ornaments. Or maybe the Rainbow Shaikh. This is his caravan...

Very Cooooool

[Jonmarleesco]

It wasn't Odd Job's Rolls, but Goldfinger's - one word.

[Chicog]

maybe something for the desert fox in Dubai ?

Who?

[ChiangraiTony]

Selling them off individually is more of a viability than a 36m$ job lot.

They evidently don't want them so what's the big deal about them being split up?

Possibly for the obvious, the owner knows he has some that are more sought after and doesn't want Cherry Pickers to scoop them up leaving the less desirable from a collectability perspective. It's actually a smart move if he can pull it off, short and sweet...

[smotherb]

What a bunch of sour grapes. Why can't people with money buy what they want and not worry whether you think they have taste or not--oh, that's right, they do.

[neverdie]

What a bunch of sour grapes. Why can't people with money buy what they want and not worry whether you think they have taste or not--oh, that's right, they do.

Who says they worry? My bet is they couldn't give a <deleted> what anyone thinks.

[Scott]

An off-topic post has been deleted.

[gliff]

This is the local time of nouveau riches.