James Bond Spectre Aston Martin DB10 Leads $3.98 Million Charity Auction

The Aston Martin DB10 driven by Daniel Craig in the James Bond film Spectre was sold at an auction for £2,434,500 (Rs 23.96 crore) yesterday.

So when it was announced that one of the Aston Martin DB10 models built specially for the SPECTRE 007 outing was going across the block at Christies, it was no surprise the top estimate was £1.5 million.

It was sold during Spectre- The Auction, which saw 10 lots sold to raised £2,785,500 for charities. Then again, it’s one of 10 made with only one available to the public. Eight of them were modified for filming, but two were kept as show cars for display purposes, and the auctioned unit is one of them. A 4.7-liter V8 with 436 PS and 490 Nm (361 lb-ft) of torque motivates the rear wheels via a 6-speed manual transmission.

All profitable proceeds of the auction will benefit Médecins Sans Frontières, other charitable organizations and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS).

It also came with a platinum award from the Aston Martin Works Assured Provenance scheme – essentially an in-house authentication programme that confirms the car’s provenance.

Aston Martin has been associated with Bond since the 1964 film Goldfinger, which featured a DB5.

Médecins Sans Frontières – “Doctors Without Borders” – is an worldwide humanitarian aid organisation, providing medical care and support to those in areas of conflict, as well as natural disasters and epidemics.