A pistol, wielded by the late Sean Connery, recently sold at a Beverly Hills auction for just over €200,000. Connery used the Walther PP handgun when making his debut as James Bond in the 1962 007 movie, Dr No. The iconic pistol went under the hammer in Beverly Hills, during a Julien's Auctions Icons & Idols: Trilogy event.
The pistol was put up for auction by Dan Lanigan, a film producer and prop collector on Disney Plus’ “Prop Culture.” Lanigan considered pulling the collectable from auction when news broke of Connery’s passing, who died in October at the age of 90.
However, the prop did go up for auction and collected a cool $256,000, or €210,995 and 20 cents. Julien’s Auction released a statement saying the winning bidder chose to remain anonymous, before adding that the new owner “was an American who has seen every James Bond movie with their children.”
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