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Sherna Noah PA & Victoria Jones

Bowler hat that featured in Bond film Goldfinger valued at £30k on the Antiques Roadshow

The iconic bowler hat from the James Bond film Goldfinger has been valued at up to £30,000 on the Antiques Roadshow.

The steel-rimmed hat and weapon belonged to hitman Oddjob, played by Harold Sakata, in the 1964 film.

(Antiques Roadshow/BBC/PA Wire)

The Bond item was part of a collection of 007 memorabilia brought to Antiques Roadshow when it filmed at the National Botanic Garden of Wales last summer.

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The owner said he was a big 007 fan as a child and his brother-in-law, who was a driver for Aston Martin during the filming of Goldfinger, asked Pinewood Studios if they had any memorabilia.

The studio gave him Oddjob's bowler hat but removed the metal rim.

"As a young lad, everybody wanted to throw the Oddjob hat, and if you look at it, everybody did throw the hat because it's absolutely in pieces because it didn't have the steel in it anymore, so therefore whenever it landed it damaged it," the owner said.

Antiques Roadshow expert Marc Allum (left) holding a battered bowler hat from 007 film Goldfinger that was valued at up to £30,000 on the show (Antiques Roadshow/BBC/PA Wire)

It was previously revealed that the hat appears on the BBC One show, leaving Roadshow expert Marc Allum "shaking with anticipation and excitement."

A signed clapperboard for the new James Bond film went under the hammer in April.

The piece of No Time To Die memorabilia – which was signed by stars including Daniel Craig, Naomie Harris, Lea Seydoux, Lashana Lynch and Ana De Armas – raised £13,000 for the NHS.

The item was one of 61 lots sold by the Bonhams auction house in aid of the NHS Charities Covid-19 Urgent Appeal.

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