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Diamonds are Forever (1971), poster, British, very first printing

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September 8, 01:37 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

Lot Details

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Diamonds are Forever (1971), poster, British, very first printing

Artist: Robert E. McGinnis (b.1926)

Unframed: 30 x 40 in. (76 x 102 cm)

Framed: 38 1/2 x 47 3/4 in. (97.8 x 121.2 cm)


This was the seventh in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery.


The film was directed by Guy Hamilton, in the second of four Bond films that he would direct. The film was based on Ian Fleming's novel that was published in 1956.

The Official 007 Collection: James Bond Movie Posters, Boxtree, 2001, p. 81 (featuring posters from Eon Productions' archive); James Bond: 50 Years of Movie Posters, Dorling Kindersley, 2012, pp. 126-127 (poster without the misprint)