The creator of James Bond bought this Bentley Type-R, now it's worth $1.4 million

You can't buy James Bond's current car, the Aston Martin DB10. But you can buy this 1953 Bentley Type-R Continental commissioned by the character's creator, Ian Fleming — for $1,495,000.

Although 007 is currently an Aston man, he used to be one of the Bentley boys. In fact, he drove a Type-R Continental in the book Thunderball.

Whether art was imitating life or the other way 'round, Fleming ordered the Bentley you see above for his friend Ivar Felix Bryce who served as the inspiration for CIA agent Felix Leiter in the Bond book series. Read more...