Christies will be auctioning several lots of rare James Bond production items on December 19th 2007, including rare stills from behind the scenes...

James Bond Production Items Auction
2nd December 2007

On December 19th 2007, Christies in London will be auctioning several lots of rare James Bond production items on December 19th 2007, including rare stills from the films. The "Film & Entertainment Memorabilia" event will take place in South Kensington.

Lot 0084: A complete black and white contact sheet of 12 shots, majority unpublished, taken during the production of the 1962 United Artists/Eon Productions' film Dr. No, seven featuring Ursula Andress posing for publicity shots, three featuring Andress and others filming, one featuring Andress and Connery and one featuring Cubby Broccoli.
Lot 0086: A complete black and white contact sheet of 12 images, majority unpublished, of Sean Connery and Ursula Andress on set taken during the production of the 1962 United Artists/Eon Productions' film Dr. No.

Lot 0088: A collection of publicity material comprising: - five press releases on From Russia With Love illustrated stationery printed with a map of Europe and Russia, titled: Wow!; Don't Allow Yourself To Be Partial In This Encounter; Watch This Girl Closely; "From Russia With Love" Story-In-Pictures; and Nice Work If You Can Get It, with 28 corresponding black and white stills.

Lot 0085: A complete black and white contact sheet of 12 images, majority unpublished, taken during the production of the United Artists/Eon Productions' film Dr. No, ten featuring Ursula Andress in the decontamination shower.
Lot 0087: A complete black and white contact sheet of 12 images, majority unpublished, taken on location in Jamaica during the production of the 1962 United Artists/Eon Productions' film Dr. No, two featuring Sean Connery relaxing with Noël Coward [Coward had an estate in Jamaica called Firefly], eight featuring Connery in a fight scene.

Lot 0090: 180 unbound mimeographed typescript pages from various Thunderball shooting scripts, used by Anna Korda whilst working as dialogue coach to Claudine Auger [Domino Vitali] on the 1965 United Artists/Eon film Thunderball, approx. 60 pages annotated by Korda, several inscribed in her hand with various dialogue amendments, some extensive, various script revision dates include: 19th January 1965; 19th February 1965; 3rd, 4th, 10th, 15th and 16th March 1965; a "Thunderball" Unit List, 28th January, 1965, 7pp. of mimeographed typescript; a Call Sheet; 15 black and white and 5 colour snap-shots taken in Nassau during the production of Thunderball, various shots include Anna Korda with Sean Connery, Claudine Auger and Terence Young, each glued to both side of two sheets of paper; a black and white portrait still of Sean Connery signed and inscribed in green felt pen To my lovely Anna, Aye Aye Sean.

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