 One of Ian Fleming (I) (qv)s James Bond source short stories for  this movie, "The Property of a Lady" was set in Sothebys auction  house both in the book and film. The story was once published in  their trade journal "The Ivory Hammer". Ironically though, the two  largest auctions of James Bond memorabilia ever held, on 17  September 1998 and 14 February 2001, were actually conducted by  rival house Christies.