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James Bond `Dr. No' Gun Fetches $106,202 at Christie's Auction
By Linda Sandler
Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- James Bond's Walther PP gun, wielded by Sean Connery in the 1962 movie, ``Dr. No,'' sold for 54,000 pounds ($106,202) at Christie's International in London yesterday, double its presale estimate.
Connery's gun was the most expensive of 60 weapons featured in Bond films in the past 40 years that Christie's sold for a total of 217,572 pounds, along with other movie memorabilia. The buyer's name wasn't disclosed. Roger Moore's Walther P5 handgun, used in the 1983 film, ``Octopussy,'' fetched 7,200 pounds, missing its top estimate of 8,000 pounds.
My question is, though, if handguns are banned in the UK, how can someone own this PPK there, since it IS most certainly a handgun?