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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Green

Sir Sean Connery’s Aston Martin DB5 makes £1.9m at US auction

An Aston Martin DB5 owned by Sir Sean Connery has been sold for 2.2 million US dollars (£1.9 million) at an auction in California – with a buyer based in Britain just missing out.

The family of the James Bond actor, who died in October 2020 aged 90, sold the 1964 classic car to raise money for a philanthropy fund set up in his name.

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