14 February 2001 -- Christies Sells 5 Christopher Lee Items

Today, 14 February, 2001, Christies is auctioning these items:

(Quoting Christies catalog:)

1. The Man With The Golden Gun, 1974
"A custom-made windcheater, the red, white and blue nylon jacket labelled Horizon Sportswear...Michigan, U.S.A. appliquéd with two cloth badges, one embroidered with black and yellow letters James Bond 007, The Man With The Golden Gun the other embroidered with black and red letters AMC Racing Team -- the jacket a gift to Christopher Lee from the stunt team working on the 1974 United Artists/Eon film The Man With The Golden Gun; accompanied by a press still of Christopher Lee as Francisco Scaramanga, wearing the jacket and white shoes in lot 134 off set -- 10x8in. (25.4x20.3cm.)"

2. Bond/007
"Fifty-two colour and black and white publicity photographs and stills, all signed by subjects, some possibly secretarial, subjects include: Sean Connery, George Lazenby (2), Roger Moore (2), Timothy Dalton (5 including two signed with Maryam D'Abo and one signed with Carey Lowell) Pierce Brosnan (2), Gert Frobe, Curt Jurgens, Charles Gray, Telly Savalas, Donald Pleasance, Richard Kiel, Christopher Lee, Louis Jourdan, Geoffrey Holder, Christopher Walken, Patrick Macnee, Robert Davi, Barry Nelson, Ursula Andress, Lotte Lenya, Lois Maxwell (2), Shirley Eaton, Honor Blackman, Britt Ekland, Gloria Hendry, Diana Rigg, Jane Seymour, Maud Adams, Barbara Bach, Barbara Carerra, Maryam D'Abo (4 including two signed with Timothy Dalton), Lois Chiles, Talisa Soto, Grace Jones and Famke Janssen, majority -- 10x8in. (25.4x20.3cm.); and a U.S. souvenir magazine Ian Fleming's James Bond 007, 1964 (a lot)"

3. The Man With The Golden Gun, 1974
"A 'pair' of white leather loafers by Foster & Son, Bootmakers, 83, Jermyn Street, St. James's, London, both stamped inside with manufacturer's details and size 11, both shoes showing slight differences in stitching detail on the toes, the tongues and positioning of the 'horse bit' decoration, the left shoe with additional inventory/wardrobe number inside 370 -- worn by Christopher Lee as Francisco Scaramanga in the 1974 United Artists/Eon film The Man With The Golden Gun; accompanied by a corresponding colour still (printed later) -- 8x10in. (20.3x25.4cm.)

"Lot Notes: Christopher Lee has confirmed that he wore these shoes as the assassin Francisco Scaramanga, the principle villain in The Man With The Golden Gun. It would appear that he had more than one pair of white shoes for this role and that the above lot includes a left and right foot from two different pairs."

4. A View To A Kill, 1985
"A folding director's chair with a wooden frame and white canvas seat and backrest, the backrest printed in black 007 Crew, additionally printed with the 007 gun logo and signed on the back rest in black felt pen by Roger Moore, Lewis Gilbert, Guy Hamilton, Christopher Lee, Shirley Eaton, Valerie Leon, Martine Beswick, Caroline Munro, Eunice Gayson, Shane Rimmer, Terry Rawlings and Alan Hume -- the chair 33in. (83.8cm.) high -- used on the set of the 1985 United Artists/Eon film A View To A Kill and signed later; accompanied by a colour snap- shot of Desmond Llewelyn sitting in the chair on stage at a British Film Weekend conference, 1993 -- 3½x5in. (8.9x12.7cm.); and a letter concerning the provenance"

5. The Man With The Golden Gun, 1974
"A prop brass bullet -- 13/8in. (3.5cm.) high -- made for the 1974 United Artists/Eon film The Man With The Golden Gun

"The vendor's father, Patrick Weymouth, was Props Master on The Man With The Golden Gun and Live And Let Die.

"Similar bullets are seen in the film when the gun-maker Lazar shows Bond a packet of the latest batch of golden bullets that he has made for infamous hit man, Scaramanga [Christopher Lee]. This packet was subsequently picked up by Andrea Anders [Maud Adams] from the casino, after which Bond follows her back to her hotel to interrogate her about Scaramanga."

(Edited by RebeccaRohan at 6:31 am on Feb. 14, 2001)

[Charles Prepolec]

For a look at a couple of the items listed in Rebecca's post of the Christies Auction, follow these links.
Lot #132 - The Windcheater Click here
Lot #134 - The Shoes Click here
Lot #244 - The Stills Click here

I presume they are originals, they no doubt would be quite expensive. Charles the links you provided run extremely slow In fact, one of them didn't work.
I love the jacket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wendy Wood]

Where is all the money in the world when you need it?