I thought this was rather interesting, showing which "James Bond" drew the largest sale prices for the PPK. (You know which one it is without checking.)
Unfortunate that they deactivated some of them before the sale.
Very interesting site! Those are some expensive PPKs!
Am I crazy but do some of those photos seem odd? The "Never Say Never Again" PPK looks like it is "left handed" (safety and magazine release on the right of the gun not the left).
The one they show as serial number 19174A looks more like 1917 A to me.
I am wondering if the picture was reversed some how. Notice that the bill board is on that side too. I have done that when posting pics on forums, so that the left side was on the right..sorta mirror image.. reverse negative.
I think Yogi is right. If you look at the Walther logo, it's reversed from the direction it normally goes. It looks like the photo is flopped 180 degrees. Good catch.
You can do that to any digital photo using Photo shop..so that if you need a person to be facing the other direction when adding them to a family picture, you can flip the canvas either vertically or horizontally, so that they are in the correct position.
I wouldn't put too much stock in the information on that site.
For instance, the PPK listed as used in "License to Kill" is not the one used by Dalton in the film. Dalton's PPK had a dovetailed rear sight, not the earlier integral rear sight on the pistol shown. Dalton's pistol also wore Sile wood stocks.
The NRA Museum has a PPK they claim to have been used by Timothy Dalton, it looks closer to the one in the film, but its not right either. I'm sure every PPK in the Stembridge inventory was a "James Bond" model when they went off to auction.
Like John Wayne's Colt Single Action, there must be thousands of them floating around, and every one is authentic!
Most of the PPKs shown on that site have a finger rest on the magazine. I'll have to watch the movies again but I'm fairly sure that I've never seen "James Bond" with a PPK with a finger rest. {smile} Yet another reason to watch the movies again.
Wow, that's a good return on investing in the From Russia With Love Walther Cal. 4-5 LP Model 53 Air Pistol. In 2001 It sold for $20,487 and in 2010 it sold for $438,609. That guy made big bucks.
So shall we start a new trend of investing in rare guns. It would be hard to get a 20x return on any stock market investment over only a nine year span.
Also, the "PPK" in that "Never Say Never" listing is actually a PPK/S. The grip is too long and the backstrap is the metal frame of the gun, not wrap-around plastic.
So far as the orientation of photo is concerned, if you look at the slant of the lettering on the slide, it is canted in the wrong direction. If you D/L the pic and blow it up, the "Made in USA" under the Walter logo is backwards That photo has been flipped horizontally...
Here's a pic of mine, also reflected horizontally:
Also, the "PPK" in that "Never Say Never" listing is actually a PPK/S. The grip is too long and the backstrap is the metal frame of the gun, not wrap-around plastic.
So far as the orientation of photo is concerned, if you look at the slant of the lettering on the slide, it is canted in the wrong direction. If you D/L the pic and blow it up, the "Made in USA" under the Walter logo is backwards That photo has been flipped horizontally...
Here's a pic of mine, also reflected horizontally:
So far as the orientation of photo is concerned, if you look at the slant of the lettering on the slide, it is canted in the wrong direction. If you D/L the pic and blow it up, the "Made in USA" under the Walter logo is backwards That photo has been flipped horizontally...
Hey guys, brand new member here. Just wanted to share some info on my pistol since there seems to be some interest in Bond related Walthers. I've got a decent/slightly pitted PP .32 I acquired in the mid 80's with a unique serial number. I always enjoy showing it off to my friends, but didn't know if anyone else might be interested. It's an Interarm's import from 1969 with a 6 digit serial number, the last 3 numbers being 007. I know it's a PP instead of a PPk but still makes for an interesting conversation piece. Anyway, great site for learning about my Walther. thx guys.
Local "news" channel here ALWAYS throws up a "flipped" image of a PPK/S as background in any gun related reporting. I figger'd it is a way around copyright violation... and it piques my ire they use a Walther instead of a wheel-gun Saturday night special or a Glok, too.
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