MI6 has a story about a pistol used on the poster artwork with Sean Connery was recently sold at auction for ten times its estimate:
A pistol held by Sean Connery as James Bond in a poster to promote the 1963 film From Russia With Love has sold at auction for £277,250 ($436,828 USD).
And that’s during the worst financial crisis in living memory?
Read From Russia With Love poster pistol sells for £277,250 at MI6