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Walther LP 53 pistol held by Sean Connery as James Bond 1963
"From
Russia With Love"
Walther LP
53
On Display in James Bond 007 Museum Nybro Sweden

From Russia With Love, 1963
At
a Christies
auction on 25 November 2010, the Walther LP53 air pistol held by Sean
Connery as James Bond in the photo-shoot used for the main image in the
poster and advertising campaign for the 1963 United Artists/Eon film From
Russia With Love has sold for a staggering £277,250 (around $430,000),
more than 10 times the estimate.
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From
Russia With Love, 1963 From Russia With Love, 1963
At
a Christies auction on 25 November 2010, the Walther LP53 air pistol held by
Sean Connery as James Bond in the photo-shoot used for the main image in the
poster and advertising campaign for the 1963 United Artists/Eon film From Russia
With Love has sold for a staggering £277,250 (around $430,000), more than 10
times the estimate.
Luftpistolen från From Russia With Love affischen såld
Pistolen som bars utav Sean Connery på affischen till
James Bond filmen From Russia With Love såld!
På alla PR bilder som togs inför premiären av From Russia With
Love (1963) så bar Sean Connery en luftpistol som nu har blivit såld
på en auktion i London till ett riktigt högt pris. Pistolen såldes
för 277.250 pund och i svenska kronor blir det ca 3.044.000 kr.
Den tillverkades av den ökända bolaget Walthers, som har fått
vara med i samtliga James Bondfilmer.
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A
Walther LP53, photo by James Bond 007 Museum,
In The James Bond 007 Museum Nybro Sweden Walther LP53.
Walther
LP53 air pistol
from
the
1963 From Russia With
Love,
in the 007 Museum Nybro Sweden |
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Vid en Christies
auktion den 25 november 2010, Walther LP53 luftpistol innehas av Sean Connery
som James Bond i foto-shoot används för de huvudsakliga bild på affischen och
reklamkampanj för 1963 United Artists / Eon filmen From Russia With Love har säljs
för en svindlande £ 277,250 (ca $ 430.000), 3 miljoner kr. mer än 10 gånger |

Walther LP53 air pistol held by
Gunnar
James
Bond Schäfer
from
the 1963 From Russia With Love. in the
007 museum Nybro Sweden |
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Walther LP53 air pistol held by
Gunnar James
Bond Schäfer from the 1963
From Russia With Love. in the 007 museum Nybro Sweden |
Christies
describes the lot as "the air pistol, a .177 (4.5mm) Walther 'LP
MOD.53' Air Pistol, Serial No. 054159, with 24cm barrel, blackened finish
throughout, in original close-fitted Walther case with sight elements is
accompanied by a letter concerning the provenance from the original vendor.
It states that the image he shot of Connery holding this Walther air
pistol was ...used in some way or other to promote every Bond film till You
Only Live Twice ..; Also included was a corresponding reproduction
still of Connery holding this gun." Christies beskriver
partiet som "luften pistol, en 0,177 (4,5 mm) Walther" LP MOD.53
"Luftpistol, serienr 054159, med 24cm fat, svarta finish hela, i
original nära utrustade Walther fallet med sikte element åtföljs av ett
brev angående härstamningen från den ursprungliga leverantören ... Det
anges att bilden han sköt av Connery innehar detta Walther luftpistol var
... som används i ett eller annat sätt för att främja varje Bond-film
till You Only Live Twice, Dessutom ingår en motsvarande
reproduktion fortfarande av Connery innehar denna pistol. "
Lot
Notes from Christies: "The original vendor, who was commissioned to
shoot the images required for the publicity campaign for the second Bond
film From Russia With Love, explains in his accompanying letter that
"it was decided that for the main image in the poster and advertising
campaign what was required was a strong portrait of Sean Connery as Bond
007, with his Walther pistol" He explains further that when Connery
arrived at his studio for the shoot, it was discovered by publicist Tom
Carlile that no one had brought the gun needed for the shoot, the
synonymous small Walther automatic [Walther PPK]. By chance the
photographer practised air pistol target shooting as a hobby and had the
gun he used for this purpose, also a Walther, at the studio "it was
decided that - without telling Sean or the other representatives of United
Artists - we would use my pistol for the pictures and presumed that should
anyone have doubts on their seeing the name Walther on the gun, they would
be reassured. Lot Anteckningar från Christies: "Den
ursprungliga säljaren, som fick i uppdrag att skjuta bilderna krävs för
reklamkampanj för den andra Bond-filmen From Russia With Love, förklarar
i sin följebrev att" det beslutades att för de viktigaste bild på
affischen och reklamkampanjen vad som krävdes var en stark porträtt av
Sean Connery som Bond 007, med sin Walther pistol "Han förklarar
vidare att när Connery kom till hans studio för fotograferingen upptäcktes
det av publicisten Tom Carlile att ingen hade väckt pistol . krävs för
skottens synonymt små Walther automatisk [Walther PPK] Av en slump
fotografen praktiseras målet luftpistol skytte som hobby och hade vapnet
han använde för detta ändamål, också en Walther, i studion ",
beslöts det att - utan att tala om Sean eller andra representanter för
United Artists - vi skulle använda min pistol för bilderna och den antog
att skulle någon tvivlar på att de fick se namnet Walther på pistolen,
skulle de vara säkra. This
was, in fact, the case. Detta var i själva verket är fallet.
In
theory...the long barrel of the air-pistol... I teorin ... den långa
fat av luft-pistol ... should
have been removed by airbrushing during the designing of the actual poster
- in practice... borde ha tagits bort av airbrushing under
utformningen av själva affischen - i praktiken ... this
was never done..." Detta var aldrig gjort ... " |
The
Walther LP53 is
a classic James
Bond gun
although it
never featured
in a Bond movie.
The gun, with
its distinctive
long barrel was
the weapon of
choice for James
Bond in many
movie posters
and promotional
photographs. The
story is that
during a
photoshoot with
Sean Connery for
From
Russia With Love,
the photographer
volunteered his
own Walther
LP53, after the
PPK wasn't
available on the
set.
The LP53
is an airgun and
can only shoot
little lead
pellets (although
with
considerable
force). The
weapon is 'loaded'
by opening it
all the way
(almost like
breaking it in
half), load a
pellet and close
it, building up
the airpressure.
In the photos
and posters,
Bond holds a
LP53 with a
black grip,
although a brown
version was also
available for
this gun.

The Walher LP53
gun original
James Bond
poster "From
Russia With
Love" 1963
The LP53 gun
can be seen in
the following
movie posters:
- From Russia
With Love
- Goldfinger
- Thunderball
- You Only Live
Twice
note that
each movie had
different
posters for
different
countries, so
not in all
posters can this
gun be seen