OCTOPUSSY | Fabergé egg auction

On this day in 1982 filming began on the Fabergé egg auction from OCTOPUSSY in which 007 shows an impressive sleight of hand. The ornate eggs were made by renowned jewellers Asprey’s of London. Production buyer Ron Quelch said: “Our sketch artist produced something very similar to the Fabergé eggs and they were reproduced by Asprey’s in a very short space of time. They were capable of withstanding very close camera work, as they had been created with such quality.”

[JediPhoenix]

Not one shot fired, not one weapon even drawn, yet it's still a riveting scene. Gotta love the classic Bond era.

[petermortimer]

As someone has mentioned deeper in the comments, at 0:29 the auctioneer says "the property of a lady" which is the name of a short story by Ian Fleming where Bond is at an auction trying to flush out a Russian agent. I like when they throw in those touches.

[lofthouse]

One of my favourite scenes. The money being bid, the outfits, the dialogue... and Roger Moore of course!

[cheshre_cat]

I love this kind of scene. It's slow paced and subtle but there's still a good amount of tension

[GuineaPigEveryday]

I think Khan is often a very underrated villain, at least in lists of best Bond villains. I love his classy style about him and his soothing voice which makes him charming yet also chilling and subtly threatening. Little gestures as well when he gets angry or when he's bidding adds to it a lot. He's not just a raging lunatic strangely enough, not like the general Orlov lol, but he's also awesome.

[ArchieAndy]

4 legends: Sir Roger, Douglas Wilmer, Kristina Wayborn and Louis Jordan. Wonderful ❤

[usmang.a]

The best thing about these old movies is that the talking may be barely a whisper, but you can hear what is being said.

[JWS]

I remember when Roger Moore became Bond. He was my generation. Everyone for many years had a favourite and the two top boys were of course Roger Moore and Sean Connery. I was always a Sean Connery guy but I've found a new appreciation for Moore lately. He made it his own. And his Bond is every bit as cool as Sean Connery's. RIP Sir Roger.

[callumbarrington]

Roger Moore is outstanding in this scene. He knew exactly how to play it.

[Bondek]

Douglas Wilmer was incredible here. Right mixture of seriousness and nervous breakdown.

[jimweights]

This is an epic scene - roger Moore was incredible bond - pure class

[HumphMcPaxo]

The way everyone is waiting with bated breath as Bond examines the egg, only for him to ask his counterpart if he too wants a look - "... Jim?" 😂 😂 Moore was gold as Bond

[johnrie]

This is such a great Bond moment. Him testing the suspected bad guy, pushing the bid up higher and higher just to see how high the other guy will go, how badly he wants/needs the egg. This kind of scene feels like it's too often missing from the newer Bond movies. All car chases, explosions and sexy women, not enough intrigue.

[bobgoran]

Such a great and well-made scene, with Moore in top-form.

[JohnDoe-tmwz]

Ah, I miss the days where you would outbid your enemies for a Fabergé egg

[fjdkfdfjdf]

These are the scenes that make Bond great. Much more tension and excitement than the chases and shooting.

[sporkfindus]

Such a good scene, and Moore's Bond and the Jim Fanning character work really well together

[wildman]

The way Bond examined the egg, I thought for sure he was swapping it for a decoy.

[borderlord]

Old Rog had that Je ne sais quoi!
Always feels good flicking through the channels and catching Sir Roger Moore as Bond, doesn't matter which one, I'll watch it!

[davider]

This is really one of the best Bond films ever! It only ranks low because people are too lazy to look at it properly! It literally has everything you came to excpect in a classic Bond movie! A great villain, a great leading girl, probably the deadliest henchmen in the series (Lets face it: Knife Twins, Gobinda, Yo-yo-saw killers, Indian assassins! Who would wanna mess with any of these guys?!), great one liners, some of the best stunt work in the series, beautiful locations, an amazing plot, an action packed pre-title sequence, an underrated title song and a nice and sadly widely unreleased soundtrack! You cannot put more classic Bond stuff into a Bond movie! This and The World Is Not Enough are easily the most overlooked and underrated films in the series! For me its the best Roger Moore film!