(August 17, 2019) MONTEREY, Calif. — The ‘Evening with Aston Martin’ sale in Monterey, curated by auction house RM Sotheby’s as part of its annual Monterey sale, has seen exceptional examples of some of the brand’s most desirable sports cars change hands for millions of dollars. A highlight of the evening came as a 1965 Aston Martin James Bond DB5 — originally commissioned and used in the promotion of the James Bond film Thunderball — sold for a final price of $6,385,000.