OCTOPUSSY | Fabergé egg auction 

Not one shot fired, not one weapon even drawn, yet it's still a riveting scene. Gotta love the classic Bond era.

Roger Moore is outstanding in this scene. He knew exactly how to play it.

Roger was a class act brilliant

For those curious, the reasonable upper window of £300,000 in 1983 would be roughly equivelent to £1,270,000 in today's currency (2024). The final bid of £500,000 would be worth a little under £2,115,000 in today's currency. For Americans, that's equivelent to a little over $2,676,000

Great little scene

The Property of A Lady 0:27

It’s the ol’ swaparoo

I always thought Roger Moore was the best Bond. He was tongue-in-cheek often enough, but a great Bond.

The best Bond

35 million today

As someone has mentioned deeper in the comments, at 0:29 the auctioneer says "the property of a lady" which is the name of a short story by Ian Fleming where Bond is at an auction trying to flush out a Russian agent. I like when they throw in those touches.

One of my favourite scenes. The money being bid, the outfits, the dialogue... and Roger Moore of course!

Ah, I miss the days where you would outbid your enemies for a Fabergé egg

I love this kind of scene. It's slow paced and subtle but there's still a good amount of tension

The best thing about these old movies is that the talking may be barely a whisper, but you can hear what is being said.

I think Khan is often a very underrated villain, at least in lists of best Bond villains. I love his classy style about him and his soothing voice which makes him charming yet also chilling and subtly threatening. Little gestures as well when he gets angry or when he's bidding adds to it a lot. He's not just a raging lunatic strangely enough, not like the general Orlov lol, but he's also awesome.

The way Bond examined the egg, I thought for sure he was swapping it for a decoy.

I find eggs in the supermarket to be a bit cheaper.

This is such a great Bond moment. Him testing the suspected bad guy, pushing the bid up higher and higher just to see how high the other guy will go, how badly he wants/needs the egg. This kind of scene feels like it's too often missing from the newer Bond movies. All car chases, explosions and sexy women, not enough intrigue.

This is what 007 is really all about.

The way everyone is waiting with bated breath as Bond examines the egg, only for him to ask his counterpart if he too wants a look - "... Jim?" 😂 😂 Moore was gold as Bond

I love scenes like this where there's the shocked, gasping crowd of rich people at an auction when someone bids really high.

Fun fact, when the Auctioneer says "Property of a Lady". It's a direct reference to one of Fleming's novels and was originally supposed be Timothy Dalton's 3rd film.

This is an epic scene - roger Moore was incredible bond - pure class

4 legends: Sir Roger, Douglas Wilmer, Kristina Wayborn and Louis Jordan. Wonderful ❤

I remember when Roger Moore became Bond. He was my generation. Everyone for many years had a favourite and the two top boys were of course Roger Moore and Sean Connery. I was always a Sean Connery guy but I've found a new appreciation for Moore lately. He made it his own. And his Bond is every bit as cool as Sean Connery's. RIP Sir Roger.

Half a million for an egg. That's a little high. All time high

Between this scene and the backgammon game later, Bond’s trolling costs Khan an absolute fortune!

Old Rog had that Je ne sais quoi! Always feels good flicking through the channels and catching Sir Roger Moore as Bond,doesn't matter which one,I'll watch it!

Jim was hilarious freaking out over Bond bidding for that egg and switching it. He had to buy.

And today all we got is explosions, explosions, more explosions, extreme explosions, more extreme explosions, mega explosions, extreme mega explosions, more extreme mega explosions, extreme mega super explosions, more extreme mega super explosions............................. and THE END! I sure miss Sean and Roger!!!

Such a great and well-made scene, with Moore in top-form.

Bond is suppose to be a naval intelligent officer, just like in this scene. The key word, intelligent, not brute strength like many modern portrayal of a spy.

This is really one of the best Bond films ever! It only ranks low because people are too lazy to look at it properly! It literally has everything you came to excpect in a classic Bond movie! A great villain, a great leading girl, probably the deadliest henchmen in the series (Lets face it: Knife Twins, Gobinda, Yo-yo-saw killers, Indian assassins! Who would wanna mess with any of these guys?!), great one liners, some of the best stunt work in the series, beautiful locations, an amazing plot, an action packed pre-title sequence, an underrated title song and a nice and sadly widely unreleased soundtrack! You cannot put more classic Bond stuff into a Bond movie! This and The World Is Not Enough are easily the most overlooked and underrated films in the series! For me its the best Roger Moore film!

Douglas Wilmer was incredible here. Right mixture of seriousness and nervous breakdown.

I just love the stinkeye Khan gives Bond, as he walks away. He knows he was being trolled, but he was forced to play along.

The lady accepting the bid, wearing purple with the hat on, is so gorgeous.

When Bond movies had class and not a CGI mess.

Wow. I wanted that the movie continue, OMG this is so a great scene! I was imediatly captured by the atmosphere

1:06 the gentleman here (Louis Jourdan) was also in a very good Colombo episode where he played a well-known food critic who used poisonous fish as the murder device. (Episdoe: Murder Under Glass, 1978)

2:47 after my 3rd plate at thanksgiving when my grandma asks me if I want another plate.

Next Lot. is number 49. A valuable painting by Banksy in an elegant frame. Priceless and should never be cut to ribbons. We'll start the bidding.

Sir Roger Moore was the perfect class act. RIP.

You can tell money was worth something back then.

It's a good thing no one was paying attention to what he was doing.

These are the scenes that make Bond great. Much more tension and excitement than the chases and shooting.

Beautiful scene and such a great Bond film. Probably ranks 4th or 5th on my all-time (high!) list.

I love the auctioneer's voice.

We never see classic scenes like this anymore in the newer bland Bond movies.

Imagine paying 500K pounds for a fake egg...and losing 200K rubies in a dice game for the real egg you thought you paid 500K pounds for....

as a woman ROGER MOORE is my favorite bond character.

My favorite of Roger Moore's 'James Bond' movie.

If you ever find Bond at an auction, just get back home: he likes to troll

In 1982 the exchange rate was .57 sterling per US $. 250,000 would be worth around $427,000 today. That means buying this at egg would be a great investment.

I was a kid when I first saw this, so me, being ignorant of Louis Jourdan, actually thought he was an Afghan.

Ahhh the time when the movies had things that ~apparently~ don't exist in the movies anymore... they called it a "plot", and it was part of a "story", that was made by a "writer"...

Back when Bond films were half decent.

"Let's see how badly he wants it."

the real 007 Sir Roger Moore.

Roger's raised eyebrow is worth more than Craig's entire acting career :-)

Such a good scene, and Moore's Bond and the Jim Fanning character work really well together

500,000 British Pounds was the equivalent of around $651,000 US dollars in 1983. That's around $1.7 million today.

Roger Moore was the most universally “beloved” bond from the bunch.

1) I highly doubt anyone would have let him take the egg under the table 2) Louis Jordan was such a great actor

Roger Moore had so many good scenes as Bond. I love the understated, sophisticated gamesmanship in this one...still so bad assed. Cheers! 🍸

I like to participate in antique auctions and sometimes I remember that scene; by the way, I was lucky enough to meet Roger Moore and chat with him and his wife for about 10 minutes.

eye brow flex from Rog...

Beautiful scene and such a great Bond film!!!!

I can't get enough of watching this scene, which is one of my favorites from Sir Roger Moore in Octopussy (the other is in the game of backgammon). Moore knew how to give elegance that necessary combination with the bondgirls; and although there is no denying the beauty and seduction of Kristina Wayborn (Impressive, when I came out of Moore's balcony after he let himself steal Fabergee's egg); Maud Adams will always consider her as the best, not for nothing was she a bondgirl twice. And no one like her comes up with the phrase "ohhh, James ...." that seems to be saying it in your ear.

How I feel the last 5 minutes of a $10 ebay auction

I'd like to think Roger Moore is bidding away in OO7 heaven right now.

What helps make this scene work is the slight fuddy duddy who goes with Bond. It helps make Bond look even cooler and more daring to have this shocked official forced to go along with it.

I always thought Bond was a good egg.

Ahhh for the days to return when Bond had a sense of humor. Really enjoyed Moore's interpretation. This latest guy acts like he's afraid his face would crack if he smiles.

Classic Bond knowing exactly how to push it. Such class

If I remember this movie correctly, I think Bond switches the egg for a fake one when he takes the egg and moves it under the table and book.

Thank you for this. Brings back good memories. I know there is a never-ending debate about the actors that played Bond, but having grown up with Roger Moore makes him my favorite. I will concede that, having read some of the books, he might not have been the closest to character. However he was a beautiful man and will always be my Bond.

Great scene.. I have a Faberge gold egg.. about 7 inch long and 5 inches wide. I think it might be broken as it's got a slight rattle. Should be an easy fix. The gold peels off and it can be split doon the middle... chucked the packaging so it's just the egg.. might no get the £500,000 for it.. but open to offers.

Back when Bond movie's were classy

Bond would be a bastard on eBay with that bidding.

The John Barry soundtrack always took you on a journey with Bond, awesome composer

I love how wealthy people from 1983 dress and act exactly like wealthy people from 1913 lol...

Beautifully filmed, great old school lighting and set design

For anybody curious, 500,000 pounds is $656,817 U.S. dollars

If only they showed Rodger bid with his eyebrow

There is no way that switch would have worked. There surely would have been procedures to not let him put it under the table, plus there were lots of people sat facing him directly, the switch would have been obvious.

Average age: 57?

Poor Jim almost had a heart attack!!!!!

It's an early 1980s movie but the way it looks (with all those drab colors and set design) it makes it look like a 1970s movie. Compare that to how "A View to a Kill" looks just a couple of years later.

That last hand...nearly killed me

The wit and intelligence of Roger Moore as James Bond is highly manifest across his seven Bond movies. Such feat was never exemplified by Connery, Lazenby, etc.

Can you imagine a bond film nowadays without 3 minutes of shooting? This is pure class

I really like this Bond scene in the auction house. It seems to be taken from the Ian Fleming short 007 story, 'The Property of a Lady' in which Bond is sent to....sorry, I forgot. No spoilers.

Roger Moore James Bond My Sweetheart Darling I Love You ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

The delivery on "I doubt it, he had to buy it" as well as the intense stare showcases how if Roger had been given different direction he could have been a tramendous book accurate Bond. He really did sit on his potential for most of his films

I love how always 007 will do something extremely risky, not just to stir, but to shake things up. Shaken, not stirred, is apparently his moto not just his drink looool

I liked the Roger Moore era; it is so underrated..

Roger looking a little long in the tooth in this one but it doesn't matter...this was his best Bond film in my opinion. He was really looking over the hill as Bond in A View to a Kill. Even he said so.

I like the way Roger Moore played the character, smooth, elegant and classy.

Pretty close to what the actual egg looks like. The real one is yellow and the coach model inside is 4 inched long. Belongs to a private collection.