The 2002 Rittenhouse James Bond 40th Anniversary Autographs kick off one of the longest lines of signed cards the hobby has ever seen. Although the minimalist horizontal design was introduced here, it expanded over many, many more sets.
And while the set now numbers into the hundreds, the initial lot of James Bond 40th Anniversary Autographs includes more than 20 cards. Highlighting the crop is George Lazenby (James Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), Christopher Lee, Richard Kiel, Tanya Roberts, Joe Don Baker and Clifton James. For the Lazenby card, it’s the first for the franchise to be signed by a “Bond.”
Autographs land 1:10 packs of 2002 Rittenhouse James Bond 40th Anniversary. With a smaller box size of 20 packs, that works out to two per box.
In addition to the ones available in packs, a Patrick Macnee autograph is a case topper.
Those going through the checklist may notice that A4 is missing. It came along later with Serena Scott Thomas in 2004 Rittenhouse Quotable James Bond.
As the line moved forward, these sorts of gaps became fairly common. Rittenhouse doesn’t use redemptions and they often work far ahead to secure signers. The majority of these gaps close over time, though.
A few months after the main 40th Anniversary product, Rittenhouse put out an Expansion set. Each of these has three more autographs including Sean Bean. A total of 1,000 Expansion sets were released.
2002 Rittenhouse James Bond 40th Anniversary Autographs Checklist
A1 Jonathan Pryce as Elliot Carver
A2 Joe Don Baker as Brad Whitaker
A3 Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson
A5 Tsai Chin as Ling
A6 George Lazenby as James Bond
A7 Trina Parks as Thumper
A8 Clifton James as Sheriff J.W. Pepper
A9 Christopher Lee as Francisco Scaramanga
A10 Richard Kiel as Jaws
A11 Lois Chiles as Holly Goodhead
A12 Julian Glover as Aris Kristatos
A13 Vijay Amritraj as Vijay
A14 Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton
A15 Virginia Hey as Rubavitch
A16 David Hedison as Felix Leiter
A17 Steven Berkoff as General Orlov
A18 Robert Brown as M
A19 Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny
A20 Angela Scouler as Ruby Bartlett
A21 Bernard Horsfall as Campbell
A22 Caroline Munro as Naomi
A23 Vincent Schiavelli as Dr. Kaufman
A24 Patrick Macnee as Sir Godfrey Tibbett
A25 Geoffrey Keen as Frederick Gray in A View to a Kill – Expansion Set
A26 Sean Bean as Alec Trevelyan in GoldenEye – Expansion Set
A27 Robert Davi as Franz Sanchez in License to Kill – Expansion Set
2002 Rittenhouse James Bond 40th Anniversary Autographs Gallery
