James Bond 007 Goldfinger Aston Martin DB5 – No Time To Die Weekend – Retromobile 2017

This weekend, the James Bond 007 film No Time To Die should have been in the cinema, so I thought I’d share the time I got close to the Goldfinger Aston Martin DB5 at Retromobile 2017 (click here for that show report).

The Classic Car Trust had somehow secured an amazing set of Aston Martins, including this as their centrepiece. I was one of the lucky few to be invited onto the stand and given the press briefing and promotinal material about the car. Apparently a kind owner allowed them to bring the car with them, of course who and where from they wouldn’t say. But when you’re in the business of dealing with collectors and old cars opportunities will arise.

Based in Lichtenstein the Classic Car trust provide a wealth of services to those with the means to purchase and own some of the most valuable of collectors cars. Historic collectors cars at that, the sort of car that’s coachbuilt or made in extremely limited numbers. They also had a stunning DB4 GT nearby too, itself a highly desirable car.

How do you value a piece such as the Goldfinger DB5. It certainly isn’t like valuing a regular DB5, the provenance and the non standard nature of the car making it unique. EON Productions comissioned two to be used in the film, but this was the special one. Built in 1964 it’s an earlier car and predates the sales boom of the model. It really did put Aston as the maker of the worlds most desirable cars. 

The following film Thunderball used two more Aston DB5s built to Goldfinger specification, but with more reliable gadgetary done in house by Aston themselves. Of course these are 1965 cars, and are visually identical to the first. Aston sold the first two cars quietly, if only they knew to hold on to them.