One Of The Many Series On Television,

we like watching is Auction Wars,

in case you have not watched it the action takes place when storage units which have been rented fall into rental arrears they are auction off, the series follows the (mis)fortunes of a number of bidders, in a slight change to this format in Long Island, New York in 1989 a small business owner (the business not the man), bought a storage container in a blind auction for $100 he hoped he might be able to double or even triple his money by selling its contents, was he in for a surprise!


inside it was James Bond's Lotus Esprit submarine car, which featured in the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me, the good news for him is that it is going up for auction in London where it is expected to reach $1million, it is believed the Lotus was left in storage by the production company which paid for the container for 10 years, but when the payment ran out and nobody came to collect it, it was put up for sale,


now it will go under the hammer at RM Auctions in London on September 9, after James Bond expert Doug Redenius tracked down its owner and confirmed the Lotus's authenticity, Max Girardo, managing director of RM Auctions Europe, said: 'over the years, millions of moviegoers have stared in awe as the Lotus transformed itself into a submarine, and now, perhaps one of them will have an opportunity to own it', what a lucky bid that was all of those years ago!