William Shatner Main Discussion - Fleming's 'Moneypenny' revealed britstarfan - Apr 11, 2008 - 08:40 PM Post subject: Fleming's 'Moneypenny' revealed
Letters written by James Bond creator Ian Fleming, due to be sold at auction next month, reveal a close relationship with his typist Jean Frampton. In one letter, dated 31 March, 1960, he asks her to use her "keen mind" to help get his novel Thunderball "into shape".
"Anything your quick eye falls upon... would be endlessly welcome," he adds. "You can look on Mrs Frampton as Ian Fleming's Miss Moneypenny," said Amy Brenan of Duke's auctioneers in Dorset, which is offering the letters for sale. The auction will take place on 10 April to mark the centenary year of the writer's birth.
The entire collection, which includes four signed letters by Fleming, is expected to fetch between £2,000 and £3,000.
