Phoenix — The Aston Martin spy car from the James Bond movies Thunderball and Goldfinger — complete with machine-guns and tire-slashers — sold for $2.1-million (U.S.) at a vintage motor cars auction.
The winning bidder for the 1965 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, while Hank Williams Jr.'s 1964 Silver Dollar Pontiac convertible was auctioned for $214,500 and a 1934 Packard Twelve Runabout Speedster sold for $3.2 million.
