Letters penned by Edinburgh James Bond icon Sean Connery are to be auctioned off for a hefty price, it has been revealed.
In the letters addressed to an old friend, who the actor had known since he was a child, Sir Sean Connery reminisces about his love of growing up in Fountainbridge area of the city after his pal had sent him a video of Edinburgh trams.
It is estimated that the letters, two of which are handwritten by Sean Connery, while the others were dictated by him to his assistant, could sell for around £250 to £350 quid each.
The Daily Record reports how in another letter he recalls a recent visit back home and writes: “It’s quite extraordinary to see all the changes that have taken place in Edinburgh and really how much nicer and cleaner everything was; a lot healthier too.” Connery, whose full name was Thomas Sean Connery, signs off the letters with “As Aye, Tam,” and “All the best, Tam.”
It is not yet known who the seller is, however, the collection of six letters are to be sold at Edinburgh auction house Lyon and Turnbull’s Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs sale on February 24 2021.
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Connery was a huge fan of golf and his Micheline wife revealed that his ashes are to be spread on a Scottish Golf Course as it was where the superstar was 'happiest.' One of the notes was written on St Andrews Royal & Ancient Golf Club headed paper while another was on paper marked Casa Malibu – the name of Connery’s Spanish villa in Marbella.
In one note, dated May 9, 1992, the actor mentions “catching up with my prep for a new movie, I start in Hollywood in June.”
Sir Sean Connery, born August 1930, was polled as the 'Greatest Living Scot' by the Sunday Herald newspaper, and was voted 'Scotland's Greatest National Treasure' in another poll. He sadly died in his sleep aged 90 on Halloween last year.
