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Flemingiana and Bond cars at Jack Barclay Bentley

Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
edited June 2019 in Literary 007 Posts: 3,176
This week, Jack Barclay Bentley in Mayfair have been displaying a mouthwatering collection of Fleming books, including items from his personal library, alongside a Blower Bentley (CR - MR) and a Mark VI (MR). I went along on Friday afternoon with my friend M. and Ed Biddulph of James Bond Food, as an aperitif before seeing LTK in the evening. (It was quite a day, yes.)

Imagine our surprise, or not, when we walked into the dealership and straight into Ajay 'Some Kind of Hero' Chowdhury, @CatchingBullets and other luminaries of the literary Bond scene :)

We were obviously not about to buy a car or even a Bentley USB stick (£45) but the staff were very nice to us and gave us exhibition catalogues. We tried not to get in the way of serious purchasers.

Artistic Licence Renewed offers a better writeup than I could manage, but here are some photos:

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Comments

  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Bottled in Bond (James)!

    Fantastic stuff, @Agent_99.
  • DoctorNoDoctorNo USA-Maryland
    Posts: 755
    RichardTheBruce wrote: »
    Fantastic stuff, @Agent_99.
    Seconded. Love that Moonraker ad. TY.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    Posts: 3,176
    The Moonraker ad was my favourite thing! I love old advertisements for anything, so it pleased me a lot.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    That's down the road from where I work on Albemarle Street,literally 3 mins away !!
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    edited June 2019 Posts: 3,176
    Yet you missed it!? I hardly ever go to that end of town as I'm a committed Sarf of the River dweller :)
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    Yet you missed it!? I hardly ever go to that end of town as I'm a committed Sarf of the River dweller :)

    I have been away in the Philippines for 2.5 weeks so I didn't know !!! ~X(
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Agent_99 wrote: »
    The Moonraker ad was my favourite thing! I love old advertisements for anything, so it pleased me a lot.

    Yes, it is a thing of beauty. I remember seeing a picture of it online years ago that I saved to my computer. It's a great little promotional item, of my favourite Bond novel to boot.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    Posts: 3,176
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    Yet you missed it!? I hardly ever go to that end of town as I'm a committed Sarf of the River dweller :)

    I have been away in the Philippines for 2.5 weeks so I didn't know !!! ~X(

    Oh, well, if you will go jetting off to paradise...
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    Yet you missed it!? I hardly ever go to that end of town as I'm a committed Sarf of the River dweller :)

    I have been away in the Philippines for 2.5 weeks so I didn't know !!! ~X(

    Oh, well, if you will go jetting off to paradise...

    Haha one tries ;)
  • CatchingBulletsCatchingBullets facebook.com/catchingbullets
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    A small but brilliant collection with some truly special jewels in the mix and all in a rather apt location. And extra marks for bumping into some good Bond fans on their way to Isthmus City and an anniversary screening of LICENCE TO KILL.
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