This plaster maquette was made while the production of Skyfall (2012) settled the look of the toppled dictator statue in Silva’s abandoned city. Prop Store offered it as lot 218 in its London Spring 2025 online auction.
In the film
Raoul Silva has Sévérine stand by the fallen statue in the deserted square, and he forces Daniel Craig‘s Bond to try to shoot a glass of whisky off her head. The maquette itself is not the statue on screen.
The maquette
Its purpose. Prop Store says the plaster model was made during the visualisation process, once the statue’s appearance had been finalised.
Its size. About 28 x 26 x 28cm.
Owning it now
Prop Store’s archived lot page shows the maquette as sold on 19 June 2025, with the price shown only to registered users; the archived page shows no estimate. Our link goes to the archived lot page. Bond’s tuxedo from the same sequence is on our Tom Ford Skyfall tuxedo page.
Specifications
| Item | Abandoned city statue maquette, Skyfall (2012) |
|---|---|
| Material | Plaster |
| Role | Visualisation model, not the screen statue |
| Size | About 28 x 26 x 28cm |
| Auction | Prop Store, London Spring 2025 (online), lot 218 |
| Stock | 186174 |
Questions
Is this the statue seen in Skyfall?
No. Prop Store describes a plaster maquette made while the production finalised the statue’s appearance.
Where does the statue stand in the film?
In the square of Silva’s abandoned city, where Sévérine is made to stand with a glass of whisky on her head.
Is the Skyfall statue maquette for sale?
Not at present. Prop Store’s archive shows the lot as sold in June 2025.
Sources: Prop Store, Abandoned City Statue Maquette, Skyfall, London Spring 2025, lot 218.
More from the film is on our Skyfall page and in our books and media collection.
