James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 sells for $4.6 million

Jeremy Korzeniewski — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:58:00 EST

Filed under: Classics, Coupe, Performance, Auctions, Aston Martin, Celebrities, Specialty

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At least one lucky bidder has reason to celebrate today after managing to win a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 that was famously used in two classic James Bond movies, Goldfinger and Thunderball. May we suggest marking the occasion with a vodka martini... shaken, not stirred?

Harry Yeaggy's winning bid of $4.6 million (2.9 million pounds), which includes 12 percent in auction fees for RM, will see the car that Sean Connery famously piloted make the trek all the way from London to Ohio, U.S.A. Proceeds from the sale will benefit former owner Jerry Lee's eponymous charity.

Apparently, the car is fully roadworthy in the UK, even with its dual machine guns behind the driving lights, revolving license plates, ejector seat, rear blast shield, slicer wheel caps and console-activated oil slicks. Somehow, we imagine Yeaggy won't have nearly as much use for those Q-special features as Bond did...

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Pebble Beach Week 2007: Mormon Meteor takes Best of Show at Pebble

Frank Filipponio — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:02:00 EST

Filed under: Motorsports, Classics, Misc. Auto Shows

When it came down to it, the best of show winner at the 2007 Pebble Beach Concourse d'Elegance ended up being both a logical and surprising choice. It's a representative of the featured marque. It had elegant and long lines. It had a very colorful history to match its colorful exterior. It attracted a lot of attention parked high above the water along the coastline beside the 18th fairway at the Pebble Beach Golf Links, and yet it somehow didn't seem to capture our attention as much as a few other spectacular vehicles that made this year's 57th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance so incredible. It's amazing how easy it is to get jaded when you see one incredible car after another for a full week. But in the end, a 1935 Duesenberg SJ Special, owned by Harry Yeaggy from Cincinnati, Ohio, was named "Best of Show."

This car is more famously known as "The Mormon Meteor." It's a supercharged speedster that was raced and then used as daily transport by Salt Lake City's former mayor Ab Jenkins. Okay, so maybe that's reason enough to elect it. But the car also set a 24-hour speed record (135.58 miles per hour) in 1935. It even sold for a record $4.45 million at the Gooding Auction here in 2004. The thing looks like it's 30 feet long and still ready to race. It really was a deserving champion. More details and quotes from the winner after the jump.

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