A BATTERED bowler hat from Bond movie Goldfinger has been valued at £30,000. The steel-rimmed headgear doubled as a weapon for sinister assassin Oddjob.
The current owner told BBC’s Antiques Roadshow it was given to him by his brother-in-law — a driver for Aston Martin when the cars featured in the 1964 film.
Pinewood Studios, where Goldfinger was filmed, gave him the hat — worn by actor Harold Sakata — minus its steel rim as a keepsake.
The owner said: “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.
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