James Bond: Live and Let Die

An original prop used in the production of Live and Let Die, the 1973 James bond picture starring Roger Moore as the suave spy.

A tarot deck is used by Solitaire (Jane Seymour) in several key scenes of the movie as James Bond (Roger Moore) investigates the drug operation headed by Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). This card is an original custom made for the production with an image created by Scottish artist Fergus Hall who reportedly replaced noted Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali as designer due to the high fee demanded by the latter.

This card featuring the Queen of Cups is printed on cardboard and features a large mystical illustration with name at the bottom, to the verso a cleverly designed pattern creates a 007 logo, a feature of all the screen used cards which likely went unnoticed by cinemagoers of the time. The Queen of Cups card is of particular significance in the movie and acts as the plot device which alerts Bond to the fact that Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry) is a not the CIA operative she claims to be after an upside-down card is delivered to him at breakfast. Bond later confronts Rosie with the card stating that the Queen of Cups in an upside down position signifies a deceitful, perverse woman, a liar or a cheat. This card is printed slightly off centre with the border being larger to one side than the other, although not a screen match, this is consistent with the one seen on screen in close up as Bond confronts Rosie.

The card measures approximately 4.75" x 2.75" and remains in excellent vintage and production used condition with very minimal edge wear, overall extremely fine.

An extraordinarily rare and highly displayable artefact from Roger Moore's Bond debut.