More James Bond Collectables

Here's some recent additions to my James Bond collection.

The first is a 7 inch vinyl single of Rita Coolidge performing "All Time High".  This was the theme song for the 1983 Bond film "Octopussy" starring Roger Moore and Maud Adams.   Last November I purchased a 7 inch single of the rival (non-EON) Bond film from the same year, "Never Say Never Again" performed by Lani Hall.  I'm very pleased to now have both of these singles in my vinyl collection.

The second addition is a dust wrapper for the UK book club edition (BCE) of Ian Fleming's "Thunderball" published in 1961.  Another Australian Bond collector had this dust wrapper for sale and I quickly snapped it up.  I have several BCE copies of "Thunderball" however one was damaged by silverfish a few years ago, so now I have a replacement copy.  Hopefully silverfish won't damage this wrapper as well.

Faberge Egg Exhibition

If there is one piece of art that has become synonymous with James Bond it's the Faberge Egg.  Prior to the 1983 James Bond - Roger Moore film "Octopussy" I'd never heard of a Faberge Egg.  Now for me, and I suspect many other Bond and cinema fans, the two will forever be associated.

So when a friend of mine recently visited an art exhibition in Europe and sent back the following photos of Faberge Eggs I knew I had to include them on this blog.

He also sent back this piece of art; a banana gaffer taped to the wall.  I'm not sure we'll be seeing this in a Bond film any time soon... unless it's provided by Q-branch.

Thanks for the photos J.