James Bond PPK to auction

[BigAl23]

I heard on the radio that the PPK used in the movie Dr NO is going to be auctioned.
This posted yesterday


The deactivated Walther PP pistol, one of the two original props used by Connery, will go under the hammer at the upcoming "Icons & Idols Trilogy: Hollywood" sale, hosted by Julien's Auctions, on December 3 in Beverly Hills and online. The handgun is expected to fetch up to $200,000, according to the auction house.

 

[Picton]

It don't shoot.

I don't need it.

 

[Brewer]

It don't shoot.

I don't need it.

Hey, it don't even need to shoot if you hold it right.



That actually looks designed after a PPK as well.

 

[appraiser]

what about his Beretta?

 

[silversquirrel]

what about his Beretta?

He had to give it back to M.
How about those Gold Soveriegns?

 

[Reptile]

How about a pic of the gun?

 

[nstassel]

what about his Beretta?

Light, for a lady's handbag.

 

[Broc]

How about a pic of the gun?

Watch the movie.

 

[Mountain]

Light, for a lady's handbag.

Well yeah, 9mm...

 

[Broc]

Well yeah, 9mm...

Fits great in a fanny pack.

 

[nstassel]

View: https://youtu.be/tU98uP7pXA8

 

[bfm]

View: https://youtu.be/tU98uP7pXA8

The closed captions are pretty funny.

 

[enbloc]

 

[HarryPottar]

It will sell for a lot more than 200,000 if the auctioneer starts off with Pre-Ban, Very Rare and Hard to find in MA

 

[Lucas McCain]

I'll sell them my PPK for half that!

 

[AHM]

Fits great in a fanny pack.

That's a Bat Belt, dammit.

 

[Orion2k]

The print in the catalog says it's been deactivated and will not fire yet it still has to be registered as a firearm.

 

[Mountain]

Fits great in a fanny pack.

 

[Broc]

He probably read one of those tactical fanny pack threads on NES.

 

[weekendracer]

View: https://youtu.be/tU98uP7pXA8

I guess I'm smoother than 007, I carried the 'wrong' gun for almost 15 years. Every time they tried to take it from me, it some how stayed on my hip.

 

[nutsym16]

Remember the frame is a firearm under Federal law.

 

[Koolmoose]

Perhaps a dumb question, but how did they deactivate it?

 

[45collector]

Perhaps a dumb question, but how did they deactivate it?

Probably poured concrete down the bore and considered it deactivated.

 

[MisterHappy]

Perhaps a dumb question, but how did they deactivate it?

Probably by it being in existence in 2020. If you can't find any gun food for it, it's pretty much deactivated, right?

 

[Zappa]

Probably poured concrete down the bore and considered it deactivated.

Not exactly.
If it was "deactivated" in accordance with UK laws, it's more than just plugging the barrel, they like things more permanent, such as removing the firing pin and welding up the firing pin channel and holes in the slide.

 

[45collector]

Not exactly.
If it was "deactivated" in accordance with UK laws, it's more than just plugging the barrel, they like things more permanent, such as removing the firing pin and welding up the firing pin channel and holes in the slide.

They don’t know you can just replace a barrel or slide?
I had a PPK parts kit years ago. It was an early 60’s model with everything except the receiver.

 

[Matt_SERE]

Not exactly.
If it was "deactivated" in accordance with UK laws, it's more than just plugging the barrel, they like things more permanent, such as removing the firing pin and welding up the firing pin channel and holes in the slide.

They don’t know you can just replace a barrel or slide?
I had a PPK parts kit years ago. It was an early 60’s model with everything except the receiver.

I agree with Zappa. The London Proof House performed the work.

SEAN CONNERY JAMES BOND WALTHER PP PISTOL USED IN DR. NO WITH DVD

A Walther PP handgun used by Sean Connery as James Bond, 007, in the very first Bond film, Dr. No (EON Productions, 1962). Connery, who us

www.julienslive.com

 

[308rifleman]

They don’t know you can just replace a barrel or slide?
I had a PPK parts kit years ago. It was an early 60’s model with everything except the receiver.

PPK has a fixed barrel, unlike a Glock or M1911.

 

[45collector]

PPK has a fixed barrel, unlike a Glock or M1911.

Yup I’m aware. I carried a PPK/s as a warm weather gun for years. The barrel is removable, it’s just something that’s best left to a gunsmith.

 

[Matt_SERE]

Big fan somewhere.

CURRENT BID: $150,000(3 bids)

ESTIMATE: $150,000 - $200,000

STARTING: $37,500