The Aston Martin spy car from the &to=http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/361/11480_Jamesbond.html' target=_blank>James Bond movies "Thunderball" and "Goldfinger" _ complete with machine guns and tire slashers _ sold for $2.1 million (Ђ1.74 million) at a vintage motor cars auction.
The winning bidder for the 1965 &to=http://english.pravda.ru/fun/2002/11/20/39745.html' target=_blank>Aston Martin DB5 was not identified Friday by RM Auctions officials.
It is one of only four cars originally constructed and used for 1964's "Goldfinger" and 1965's "Thunderball" as well as promotional tour use. The auction car was primarily used for promotion.
Some of the special James Bond options on the Aston Martin include Browning machine guns, a wheel-mounted tire slasher, a retractable rear bulletproof screen, an oil slick ejector and a smoke screen system.
Formerly the property of Sir Anthony Bamford, the famed James Bond Aston Martin was one of several celebrity cars offered from Tennessee's Smoky Mountain Car Museum, where it has been on display since the late 1970s.
Also at RM Auction's one-day event at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, Al Capone's 1928 Cadillac Town Sedan sold for $621,500 (Ђ514,998) while Hank Williams Jr.'s 1964 "Silver Dollar" Pontiac convertible was auctioned for $214,500 (Ђ177,743) and a 1934 Packard Twelve Runabout Speedster sold for $3.2 million (Ђ2.65 million), reports AP.
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