The Ian Fleming Foundation: guy collects bond cars and becomes a millionaire

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• jolearon

  December 2011 edited December 2011 Posts: 645

  this is awesome.
  
  I wish I had that much haha...
  
  http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2061/whats-it-worth-show-and-appraise-your-bond-collection.
• forgotmyusername

  December 2011 Posts: 2,782

  dude I wish I had your coolness that is one amazing collection.
  
  
  That guy in the video spent thirty years saving James Bond boats, cars and planes from scrap yards and swamps. Who would have thought they threw Bond history away like that. Mucho respect to this man and wife...they spend 10,000 dollars a year to find stuff. That sub he bought for only £2000 and now it's worth £750,000.
  
  I wish I had that bathacape.
  
  
• RogueAgent

  December 2011 Posts: 12,526

  OMG! WOW! And i thought my humble collection was good! That is mind blowingly awesome! And what a space to keep it in! Much respect there! Thanks for posting and sharing it with us!
• forgotmyusername

  December 2011 edited December 2011 Posts: 2,782

  i wonder who the billionaire is who bought the collection?
  
  http://designwire.interiordesign.net/projects/governmentinstitution/1630/gensler-to-design-bond-museum-james-bond-museum
  
  http://www.fastcodesign.com/1661909/a-museum-that-says-bond-james-bond
  
  http://www.ianflemingfoundation.org/main.htm
• JamesPage Administrator, Moderator, Director

  December 2011 Posts: 1,380

  A: The chap in Florida who already has a car museum and will be launching an unofficial Bond exhibit this year.
• timmer

  December 2011 Posts: 4,622

  This guy is awesome. That is a great public service he performed, salvaging all those famous Bond vehicles, that Eon let get away and big thanks to the billionaire that bought the whole collection and seems determined to maintain it. I hope he makes even more money from displaying the collection.
  As an aside it looks like someone painted a Spectre logo on Blofeld's escape-sub from DAF. I don't remember a Spectre logo from the film, or even any mention of Spectre, for that matter.
• Mark_Hazard

  January 2012 Posts: 65

  The museum in Florida:
  http://www.dezercollection.com/
  although it still doesn't mention the Bond collection - this is also where the Cars of The Stars and the James Bond Museum collections from Keswick went to.