Michael G Wilson & The 60 Years of James Bond Auction

I had a wonderful time and some belly laughs interviewing Bond producer, Michael G Wilson and his son, Gregg, the always fabulous EON Productions Archive Director Meg Simmonds, and Bond Special Effects guru, Chris Corbould, for the 60th Anniversary Charity Auction at Christie’s. In fact, Michael almost let slip the shortlist of actors in the running for Bond 26! I also got to poke around the stunt DB5 from No Time To Die and got a close look at some of the highlight lots going under the hammer. Do stay till the end where I get to sit in something rather special!
We filmed our traditional pre-titles sequence before we heard of the tragic passing of larger than life legend, Robbie Coltrane, so I hope that he approves of our little homage to his introduction in Goldeneye, and that it acts as a small tribute to one of my favourite actors. I’m sure that he’s looking down, and giving us one of his Russian belly laughs!
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Christie’s Auction Prices realised-
Live auction Results
Stunt DB5- £2.9 million
Aston V8- £630,000
DBS Superleggera- £403,200
Q Boat- £126,000
NTTD Scrambler- £138,600
Octopussy Fabergé Egg £327,600
Ana De Armas Dress- ££37,800
Safin Norway Costume and Noh Mask- £107,100
NTTD Omega Seamaster 300M- £226,800
NTTD DC Tactical Outfit £75,600
OHMSS Omega Watches- £119,700
GoldenEye 5 Night Stay- £52,920
Online Auction Results
Thunderball Menu- £60,480
Barbara Bach’s Dress- £40,320
Moonraker Belt Buckle- £10,710
Zorin Patch- £3,024
Cello Case- £20,160
Tomorrow Never Dies BMW Model- £25,200
The World Is Not Enough Clock and Nuclear Locator Card- £13,860
Skyfall Grey Suit- £44,100
Silva’s Costume- £10,710
SPECTRE Pre-titles Suit- £44,100
Blofeld’s Velvet Jacket and Trousers- £13,860
NTTD Sunglasses- £37, 800
Naomi Harris’s Satchel Bag- £23,940
Safin’s Hanten Costume- £23,940
Chris Distin’s Guitar- £32,760
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[@thebondvivant8030]

If money was no object, what would you like to take home with you for your collection from the auction?

[@scarlettsotiris4930]

Great video Blair, I’d love to attend one these auctions, must have been surreal to have been there. The Aston Martin would be cool of course, I think the Safin costume would be a brilliant Halloween decoration 😂🤘🏼👍🏼😎

[@alexlamas6324]

My god man did you get incredible access! An interview with the Wilsons, Chris Corbould giving a personal tour of the boot of the DB5! Fantastic job Blair, my hat is off to you!

[@thebondvivant8030]

We packed in so much!

[@BondUpNorth]

Absolutely love your opening sequences. I bet they are great fun to create. My tenuous link to Bond is a phone call with Michael G Wilson whilst I was at Uni. My dissertation was on British film franchises and the man himself gave me an hour of his time for a mini interview, what a gent !

[@thebondvivant8030]

Wow! That's so cool! He was really chatty with me, and it was good to get him chuckling!

[@yestoadventure007]

Love the unintentional tribute to Robbie Coltrane, RIP.

[@thejamesbondshow9754]

🤣

[@thebondvivant8030]

It was semi-uninytentional. I'd written the script, and then we heard the news. I thought that Robbie might be looking down and chuckling warmly! x

[@TheBondExperience]

Really outstanding video...I was riveted!

[@thebondvivant8030]

Thanks, brother! It was an epic day! And thanks for the shout outs!

[@There_Will_Be_Bond]

Truly well done Blair

[@matthewwhitney1693]

Absolutely love it, love the pre titles as always, absolutely awesome for us fans, another amazing video, thank you so much gentlemen.

[@thebondvivant8030]

Always a pleasure, never a chore, Matthew! Glad you enjoyed it. Another film dropping next week!

[@Electrobilia]

Always a great effort. Amazed you've only got just over 5k subs, you deserve an awful lot more! Thanks for another decent video.

[@thebondvivant8030]

Oh thanks for your kind and generous words! Spread the word! Thanks, again!

[@JamesBondCanada]

This is amazing! Well done Blair! Love the Cameo segway! @jeffwybo

[@johnhansen1501]

Absolutely fantastic video. Thanks! And I would have loved the Faberge Egg. Such an iconic item from the Moore/Glen era.

[@thebondvivant8030]

Yes, the Fabergé egg would have been an epic addition to my collection. It was beeeeeyoooootiful in reality!

[@marcsaatkamp4780]

Absolut smashing documentation. I always love the entertainment value of your vlogs. Please keep on creating content. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@thebondvivant8030]

Thanks so much, Marc! We took a bit of a break over the Summer, but back in action now! I was at The Prop Store just the other day, so another film is in the pipeline!

[@JamesBond-yb8sf]

Great, brilliant vid Blair ! Very enthusiast with the interviews of MGW and his son. Nice to discover him a little more as he will be on command of the 007 franchise very soon i think. Also great moment with CC. He surely is a nice guy to meet and to speak with. Love all the cars and I share the same feelig about the V8.

[@thebondvivant8030]

Great minds think alike, Mr Bond! The V8 was absolutely gorgeous! And Michael was much less intimidating than I expected, and it was great to have him laughing with me!

[@thebondvivant8030]

@@JamesBond-yb8sf Hey hey! J'espère que tout va bien!

[@juliandigby314]

Brilliant Blair 👏👏👏

[@thebondvivant8030]

Thanks, Julian! What a day.

[@bond-suits]

What fantastic interviews, Blair! Well done!

[@thebondvivant8030]

Oh thanks, Matt! It was a knackering, but surreal experience!

[@alexlamas6324]

Since Dalton is my favorite Bond and TLD is in my top 5 favorite films it's the Aston V8. That car is awesome!

[@thebondvivant8030]

It was amazing! I was tempted to just grab the keys and take my chances!

[@yestoadventure007]

@@thebondvivant8030 You should have! A little time in jail would have been worth it.

[@thedouble0section348]

Ha ha ha! I LOVE your videos! Great Pre Titles, as ever. I want the V8 Aston, too! Did you bid?

[@thebondvivant8030]

I wish! My lottery numbers didn't come up!

[@stuffedsheepshead]

Delightful Pierce impersonation, Blair!

[@thebondvivant8030]

Ha ha ha! Thanks!

[@ZmansEdits]

46:50 My favorite!

[@thebondvivant8030]

It went for £107,000!

[@jsadowski5]

Brilliant video Blair!!🍸

[@thebondvivant8030]

Thanks, Jay! Always a pleasure to film- well, mostly! This one was a big one, for me, though. They say don't meet your heroes, but Michael, Chris and Meg were just wonderful!

[@LloydNance]

Awesome video

[@thebondvivant8030]

Thanks, Lloyd! We aim to please!

[@thejamesbondshow9754]

Very well done video Blair, though the Zukovsky actor needs some work lol You can clearly see that Greg has so much love and respect for his father Michael. Sadly I fear for the Bond franchise if Greg takes over. It will be inherited, not sure about earnt and I don't think he's tough enough or with an edge and far to lefty and politically correct with little love or understanding of Fleming's character of Bond. He's soft, a snowflake. Michael is still as charming and likeable as ever.

[@thebondvivant8030]

We'll have to see which direction they go in- EON might pass the reins to Amazon...?

[@dtuk22]

The estimates for these items were absolutely laughable.

[@thebondvivant8030]

Too true. But with Bond and charity fever, they were always going to be smashed