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Bond Tuxedo goes under the hammer

12 June 2008: Daniel Craig's tuxedo from Casino Royale is going under the hammer.

The jacket, worn by 007 in the casino scene, will be sold at an auction hosted by Jonathan Ross and attended by stars including Hugh Grant, Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry and Richard Curtis.

Cash raised from the Great British Movie Event, which takes place on 17 June, will go to the National Film and Television School.

Other lots include an uncorrected proof of the first Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which has been signed by JK Rowling, as well as props from the movies. Movie adaptations of the final three Harry Potter books are being directed by NFTS Alumnus David Yates.

Animation firm Aardman is auctioning a collection of figurines, headed by Wallace and Gromit on their motorbike-and-sidecar, which survived the Bristol warehouse fire three years ago. The plasticine pair were born at Beaconsfield Studios while their creator, Nick Park, was a student at the School.

Film production company Working Title is auctioning two walk-on parts on their next movie, romantic comedy Lost for Words.

A bowling ball from The Big Lebowski, which has been signed by the Coen Brothers, an original painting from Brideshead Revisited and books signed by Grant, Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Sir John Mills are among the other lots. Items autographed by the likes of Tom Stoppard, Mike Leigh and Jim Henson are also up for sale.

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