Original 'Diamonds Are Forever' prototype poster auctioned for �80,000 |
Collecting - 16-06-11
A hand-crafted poster for Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever has sold for almost �80,000.The original artwork by Robert McGinnis was a prototype for the film imagery, but another design was eventually chosen to market the Sean Connery blockbuster, released in 1971 - reports the Scotsman.
It sold for �79,250 at Christie's yesterday afternoon, more than three times the estimated price of up to �24,000.
The poster featured the 007 actor and two Bond girls, surrounded by action scenes - strikingly similar to the design which was adopted.
Among the other sales were two posters from the 1964 Bond film Goldfinger which went for �9,625 and a further two from 1965 hit Thunderball for �8,125.
Other top prices at the vintage film poster sale at Christie's South Kensington included a poster for 1942 Humphrey Bogart movie Casablanca which fetched �30,000.
A 1962 poster for Lawrence Of Arabia - the David Lean-directed epic starring Peter O'Toole - sold for �18,750.
In all, the sale of more than 300 vintage posters raised almost �450,000.
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