Roger Moore as James Bond — The Man With The Golden Gun — Full Bleed Autograph
2014
An image-led, direct-signed Roger Moore Bond card from Rittenhouse’s mature Full Bleed programme. Preserved genealogy research establishes that it is neither his first Rittenhouse autograph nor his first Full Bleed autograph.
Read the catalogue note →- Subject
- Roger Moore
- Character / role
- James Bond
- Set
- 2014 James Bond Archives
- Manufacturer
- Rittenhouse Archives Ltd.
- Card type
- Full Bleed Autograph
- Rarity
- Extremely Limited
- Production range
- 100–200 copies under Rittenhouse’s published rarity key
- Autograph
- Direct/hard-signed in blue ink on front; manufacturer-issued certified autograph.
- Condition
- Ungraded — visually NM–MT range, provisional from photographs.
- Completeness
- Single trading card; no separate insert or packaging recorded.
Catalogue note
An image-led, direct-signed Roger Moore Bond card from Rittenhouse’s mature Full Bleed programme. Preserved genealogy research establishes that it is neither his first Rittenhouse autograph nor his first Full Bleed autograph.
Scarcity: This is a production-range classification, not a serial number; do not describe the card as /200 or as having an exact known print run.
Authentication: Reverse states: Limited Edition Autograph Card personally signed by Roger Moore as James Bond in The Man With The Golden Gun. Official Rittenhouse/EON/Danjaq licensed material.
Distribution: Premium Rittenhouse Full Bleed autograph issue from the mature Rittenhouse Bond era.
Historical context: Roger Moore portrayed James Bond in seven Eon-produced films from Live and Let Die (1973) through A View to a Kill (1985). The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) was his second Bond film. Moore died in 2017, fixing the supply of lifetime-signed material.
Card genealogy: The 2014 card is not Moore’s first Rittenhouse Bond autograph. The earliest located is A29 in 2004 Rittenhouse The Quotable James Bond, listed Very Limited (200–300), and identified by specialist checklist history as Moore’s first James Bond autograph card. Rittenhouse’s Bond card run began with the 2002 James Bond 40th Anniversary set, which did not include a Moore autograph; George Lazenby was the first actor who played Bond to receive a certified Rittenhouse Bond autograph. The Full Bleed autograph design emerged in the 2004 Quotable era via case-incentive cards, but Moore’s A29 was in the established 40th Anniversary-style autograph family. The earliest Roger Moore Full Bleed located is the six-case incentive in 2006 James Bond: Dangerous Liaisons. This 2014 Full Bleed is therefore an important mature-era premium issue rather than a pioneering first.
Uncertainties: The copyright line on the reverse reads ©1962–2012 but is licensing text; the card belongs to the 2014 set. Exact production count within the 100–200 rarity band is unknown. Numerical grade not assigned.
Legacy record ID: Trading Card Archive Record #003
Why this object matters
The Moore Full Bleed card retains outstanding signed-object and image-design value. Corrected autograph genealogy precludes a first-autograph claim; the old summary's Gold language is historical and must be brought into line with the current rating.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Historical context
Roger Moore portrayed James Bond in seven Eon-produced films from Live and Let Die (1973) through A View to a Kill (1985). The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) was his second Bond film. Moore died in 2017, fixing the supply of lifetime-signed material.
Preservation rationale
An excellent representative of Moore’s Bond-card autograph material, combining direct lifetime signature, character-specific imagery, licensed franchise context and a comparatively scarce Rittenhouse tier.
Uncertainties
- The copyright line on the reverse reads ©1962–2012 but is licensing text; the card belongs to the 2014 set. Exact production count within the 100–200 rarity band is unknown. Numerical grade not assigned.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.7 / 10.
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