A platinum-colored Aston Martin DB5 formally owned by the late George Harrison is to be auctioned in in London late this month.

The car was built in 1964 and delivered to then-Beatle Harrison on Jan. 1, 1965, according to RM Auctions Inc., which is holding the Oct. 30 and 31 sale in partnership with Sotheby’s.

The car is unrestored, according to RM. After Harrison, a Tokyo museum owned the Aston. Then it was bought in 1997 and shipped to Germany, the auction company said.

The auction also will include cars from Formula One czar Bernie Ecclestone and Brazilian collector Abraham Kogan, RM said. This is RM’s first auction in London.

Posted: 10|20|07 at 9:56 am. Filed under: UK News.