Red Telephone
According to Raymond Benson in The James Bond Bedside Companion, Bond had a red phone on his desk that was a direct line to headquarters. The red phone almost always rings at inopportune times.
Framed photo of golden girl Jill Masterson
Played by Shirley Eaton, Ms. Masterson appeared in the 1964 movie Goldfinger. She dies of skin suffocation after being painted with gold paint in retaliation for helping Bond ruin Goldfinger's card game.
Corgi model of an Aston Martin DB5
Bond's DB5 was introduced in Goldfinger and featured some pretty cool gadgetry including machine guns, a passenger ejection seat, oil- and tack-spreading devices, bumper overrides that serve as battering rams, smoke canisters, an electronic tracking device, a pop-up bulletproof shield, a three-sided rotating license plate mounting and tire-slashing devices that jut from Rudge wire wheels.
Blades
Blades was James Bond's private club in London.
First Edition of Casino Royale
The red telephone sits atop Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel.
Casino Chips
These chips came from the fictional Royale-les-Eaux casino. In the movie, Casino Royale, Bond has the famous baccarat duel with Le Chiffre at the Royale-les-Eaux casino in a fictional town of the same name in northeast France.
A Bag of Diamonds
These are an obvious reference to the book and movie Diamonds Are Forever.
Moët et Chandon Dom Pérignon
The bowler hat makes the perfect ice bucket. In the books, Bond first drinks Dom Pérignon in Moonraker (he orders two bottles of the '46). In the movies, Dom is best associated with Sean Connery. In Dr. No, a bad guy prevents Bond from using a bottle of '55 Dom as a weapon to which Bond replies, "I prefer the '53 myself." Bond also prefers '53 Dom in Goldfinger but orders a bottle of the '55 in Thunderball. Bond also drinks '59 Dom in You Only Live Twice. (007 George Lazenby also orders Dom in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, filmed 1969.) In The Spy Who Loved Me, Bond (Roger Moore) remarks about villain Karl Stromberg (Curt Jergens) "that any man who drinks Dom Pérignon '52 can't be all bad."
Domino
A reference to Dominique Derval in Thunderball, whose name—given to her by friends—appears on her ankle bracelet.
Fabergé Egg
Featured in the movie Octopussy, it is put up for auction, and Bond switches a fake one for the Real McCoy.
For Your Eyes Only
In compiling the contents of James Bond's desk, we got a little help from the following books:
The James Bond Bedside Companion, by Raymond Benson
The Essential James Bond, by Lee Pfeiffer and Dave Worrall
The Complete James Bond Movie Encyclopedia, by Steven Ray Rubin
The Incredible World of 007, by Lee Pfeiffer and Philip Lisa
The James Bond Films, by Steven Ray Rubin
James Bond's London, by Gary Giblin
The James Bond Dossier, by Kingsley Amis
A Custom Gold Bullet
Naturally, this bullet is designed for Scaramanga's golden gun. The bullet was made from 20.003 grams of 23 carat gold with traces of nickel.
The Golden Gun
In The Man with the Golden Gun, it's Scaramanga's weapon of choice to kill James Bond. The gun can be disassembled into such innocuous parts as a ballpoint pen, a cigarette lighter/case and a cufflink, hence it's easy to disguise.
Steel Teeth
These are Jaws's steel teeth from The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.
Colonel Rosa Klebb Photo
That's Klebb in the framed photograph that includes a few well placed bullet holes.
Deadly Shoe with Dagger
Colonel Rosa Klebb (played by Lotte Lenya) attempted to kill Connery with this footwear in From Russia With Love. Her code name was No. 3 in the S.P.E.C.T.R.E. organization.
Diving Knife
Ursula Andress carried this type of knife when she emerged from the sea wearing her famous white bikini in Dr. No.
Bond in Playboy
These Playboys featured Bond girls.
Fleming in Playboy
The December 1964 issue of the magazine in which Ian Fleming was the Playboy Interview
Minox Spy Camera
Bond uses a Minox B in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, starring George Lazenby. He uses the camera to photograph a map indicating the locations of Blofeld's "Angels of Death." The Minox spy camera was originally created by Latvian engineer Walter Zapp and was the chosen camera for spies because it could take excellent photographs of documents at close range and was easy to conceal.
Blofeld's Monocle
Hanging from the desk lamp, this monocle resembles the one that Donald Pleasance wore in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice. He played Ernst Stavro Blofeld who was the head of S.P.E.C.T.R.E. (Special Executor for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion), a huge multinational criminal organization.
Morland Special Cigarette
Yes, there was a London store named Morland's that produced the handmade cigarettes Fleming made famous in his novels. Unfortunately, the store went out of business more than 30 years ago. The cigarettes were famous for having three gold rings. They were unfiltered. Bond carried them in a gun-metal gray cigarette case that would hold 50 at a time. When abroad, Bond smoked Chesterfields. His lighter of choice was a black anodized Ronson.
Bowler Hat with a Razor-sharp Steel Brim
Oddjob (Japanese actor Harold Sakata) flings this deadly hat at Bond (Sean Connery) in Goldfinger.
Bond's Passport
The passport for Daniel Craig, who plays James Bond in the latest 007 film Casino Royale
Playboy Club Card
In the movie Diamonds Are Forever, 007 puts his Playboy Club card in the villain's pocket so diamond smuggler Tiffany Case (played by Jill St. John) will think that he's been killed by the bad guy.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual
In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Bond is in a tight spot (Chapter 15) but remembers his wristwatch, a heavy Rolex Oyster Perpetual with an expanding metal bracelet that can double as a most effective "knuckleduster." In Chapter 16, he demonstrates this by attacking a guard -- "the face of the Rolex disintegrated against the man's jaw." (In the Bond movies, Sean Connery wore a Rolex Submariner.)
Scarne On Cards
The book was written by John Scarne, a famous expert on card cheats, card tricks and gambling in general. According to Fleming, the book was one that Bond kept on his desk.
Tarantula
A tarantula similar to the one unsuccessfully employed by Professor Dent to assassinate Bond in the film Dr. No. In the book, the tarantula was actually a deadly giant centipede.
Tarot Cards
Featured in Live and Let Die, they helped Bond rescue the mystical Solitaire from the villain Kananga, among other things. The cards dealt were the High Priestess, Death and the Moon.
Honey Rider Photo
A framed photo of Swiss actress Ursula Andress who portrayed Honey Rider in Dr. No. In the book her name is Honeychile Ryder.
Fixings for the Vesper
This martini is conceived by Bond in the book Casino Royale. The concoction calls for three measures of Gordon's gin, one measure of vodka (preferably one made of Russian grain rather than potatoes) and half a measure of Kina Lillet (more about this below). All shaken not stirred "until it's ice cold" and then served in a deep champagne goblet with a thin slice of lemon peel. In the movies, Bond enjoyed his martinis in a classic martini glass as we've shown here. We've also photographed this with a bottle of Lillet blanc. The original Kina Lillet called for by Ian Fleming contained a high content of quinine (it was reduced in 1985) and most mixologists feel that Fleming made a mistake and Kina Lillet would have ruined the drink. The bottom line is that Lillet blanc, which is a French aperitif not a vermouth, would be the appropriate choice for anyone mixing a Vesper. The drink is named after the seductress Vesper Lynd.
Voodoo doll
This is taken from the movie Live and Let Die in which the villain Baron Samedi may or may not be a supernatural being.
7.65 Walther PPK
This weapon replaced Bond's .25 caliber Beretta in Dr. No. Weapons master Geoffrey Boothroyd (Q) dismissed the Beretta as more "befitting a lady."