Props from films often just disappear after filming wraps ups. Set trinkets find their way into the hands of cast and crew, and famous pieces get stolen and sold. But rarely do entire cars disappear from hangars in Florida. This is what has happened to one of the five Aston Martin DB5s used in the third James Bond film, Goldfinger.

This year, Elizabeth Hurley hosted a podcast called “The Great James Bond Car Robbery”, which has attempted to piece together the story behind the famous 1964 car. In the film, the car has had extensive modification with bulletproof shields, tire slashers, rotating number plates, a radar, and even an ejector seat. Move goers remember Bond's DB5 for its gadgets and that it started the Bond film's obsession with fancy cars. However, this DB5 is important because it became one of cinema's icons as it haunts the Bond films, making frequent appearances. As a result, this is why Art Recovery International has a $100,000 bounty on the return of the Goldfinger Aston Martin DB5.

The Goldfinger Aston Martin has been missing for near 20 years.

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How Much Is The Aston Martin Worth?

1964 Aston Martin DB5
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The Aston Martin DB5 is a luxury Grand Tourer, incredibly valuable and incredibly stylish, the Aston Martin was in production from 1963 to 1965. The DB5 returned to production for a brief continuation in 2020 of a mere 25 units with a reported price tag of £2.75 million, which is nearly $3.65 million.

In 2019, one of the cars used in Goldfinger came to auction with a guide price of between $4 and $6 million, this is why Art Recovery International is offering such a large reward for the return of the car. It's claimed that the car sold at Sotheby's in 1986 for $250,000 and vanished in 1997 from an Airfield in Boca Raton. Specifically, they are looking for chassis number DP/216/1.

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Where Is The Missing 'Goldfinger' Aston Martin?

DB5 Front
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Hurley's podcast over eight episodes has explored different theories over where the car might be and who might have stolen it but didn't find any definitive answers. The car was under Anthony Polglase's ownership in 1997 when, as Hurley describes, it as taken in a “daring” raid. Dismantled or buried, it was too famous to sell without attracting attention or even hold on to in a private collection.

Another theory is that the theft another wealthy individual masterminded the theft, who would have hired people to have run the operation and bring it to their garage and away from public eyes. The car hasn't emerged since its theft, and keeping it secret would be impossible in public with the car being one of the most famous vehicles in the world.

Hurley offers a third theory, which is less dramatic. Simply, it is somewhere in storage, tucked away and forgotten. The final podcast in the series tells the tale of how for $5 a family acquired the Lotus Esprit submarine from The Spy Who Loved Me. A similar fate may have befallen the Goldfinger DB5 in the process of finding its way to the new owner, although the hosts admit that if this is true, someone does know where it is. Christopher Marinello cryptically speaks of a tip where the car is, claiming it is somewhere in the middle-east in a vast compound.