[Auto] Expensive, positively expensive! James Bond Goldfinger ‘AU 1’ plate goes up for sale

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The current record for a plate sold in Britain is £518,000, but could that be about to change?

Don't expect to talk, but do expect to... pay a shedload of money for not a lot of real estate. Calling all 007 fans, because the famed ‘AU 1’ numberplate attached to the gold-coated Rolls-Royce Phantom III in 1964's Goldfinger is being put up for sale by Primo Registrations.

And pre-auction estimates put its value at over £300,000. No, you're not dreaming.

Aside from the chance to own a bona-fide Hollywood classic and unleash all manner of sub-par Goldfinger gags, you'll also get a numberplate that actually stands for gold, ‘AU’ being the elemental symbol for the rather shiny and expensive metal on the periodic table.

Managing director of Primo Registrations, Peter Johnson, said: “As iconic number plates go, this one has to be right up there with one of the best, not least of all because of the plate’s association with the famed car used by Goldfinger and Oddjob to smuggle gold out of the country!

 

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