The Swedish auction house Bonhams is set to auction off James Bond’s Lotus Esprit from the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me.  The Lotus will be sold by the international auctioneers on December 1 at its annual motoring sale at Olympia, in West London, and is expected to go for around £100,000-120,000.

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The Lotus Esprit in 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me

According to a press release issued by Bonhams, With the global release of the new movie Quantum of Solace putting Ian Fleming’s legendary British secret agent James Bond firmly back in the public eye, Bonhams is delighted to announce that it has one of 007’s classic sports cars for sale.

The white 1976 Lotus Esprit from the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me, starring Roger Moore and Barbara Bach, will be sold by the international auctioneers on 1 December at its annual motoring Sale at Olympia, in West London. The car is expected to fetch £100,000-120,000.

The vehicle is one of two Lotus cars driven in the film by Roger Moore’s James Bond character. It turns into an amphibious car for the movie, driven both on land and underwater.

Also for sale, is the registration number ‘AU1’, used in another James Bond film Goldfinger. The first registration issued in Nottingham in 1903, this number was fitted to the Rolls-Royce Phantom III used by arch villain Goldfinger in the legendary film of the same name, since AU is the chemical symbol for gold in the Periodic Table. It is expected to fetch in excess of £80,000.

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Swatch has just released a collection of 22 watches dedicated to each of the villains in the James Bond movies and has gotten Jaws himself (Richard Kiel) to talk about them.

Jaws Promotes his 007 Villains Swatch Watch

“The collection comprises of 22 watches each evoking one of the memorable villains featured in the James Bond films.

Richard Kiel who played the villain ‘Jaws’ in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker said: “The watches are all made in Switzerland, even the plastic ones. Swatch has been around for 25 years and James Bond has been around for 45 years. So they make a good partnership.”

The villainous Mr Greene in the latest Bond blockbuster Quantum of Solace, is also celebrated with a bold black and white Swatch.

Other villains are commemorated in this collection from Odd Job in Goldfinger to Blofeld in Her Majesty’s Secret Service.”

To see Richard Kiel’s interview on the watches or to see the article in its original context, click here.