`Dr No' bikini gets £40,000 Yesterday

New York - The bikini worn by the original Bond Girl, Ursula Andress, in the first James Bond film, Dr No, was bought at auction…

New York - The bikini worn by the original Bond Girl, Ursula Andress, in the first James Bond film, Dr No, was bought at auction yesterday for more than £40,000.

Planet Hollywood's cofounder Mr Robert Earl bid for the bikini over the telephone from his home in New York and won it at the largest auction of costumes and gadgets used in all 21 of the James Bond films.

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