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Prototype Bond boat sells for £51k at spy auction

  • A prototype Scubacraft SC3 — a diving speedboat briefly seen in the James Bond film Spectre — sold at Bonhams for £51,200.
  • A German WWII Enigma machine went for £203,600, well above estimates; machines like it were famously cracked at Bletchley Park.
  • The SC3 was a one-off prototype originally developed for naval use, so its movie cameo and auction sale are a rare bit of real-world Bond trivia.
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