CAMP-X Museum spy gadgets on sale on eBay

02 Apr 2010

James Bond-style spy gadgets on sale on eBay
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Gadgets worthy of James Bond used by British spies who trained at a top 
secret camp in Canada are being sold off on eBay.

By Laura Roberts

Items include a camera that shoots darts, a lipstick tube containing a 
dagger and fake monkey dung that explodes.

The armory was developed on the shores of a Canadian lake at Camp X near 
Ontario.

Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, was among the agents who learned 
their craft at the camp.

Other inventive items include a poison gas pen along with forged money, 
photographs, weapons, radio and uniforms.

They were left behind when the spy factory closed and have been housed in 
a museum until now.

For sale is a radio that was used by British Special Operatives to keep in 
touch with London which is expected to fetch £32,000.

Roald Dahl, along with Fleming, was a graduate in the arts of espionage 
from the camp which was half an hour from Toronto.

It was run by Britain's Special Operations Executive and overseen by the 
Canadian spymaster Sir William Stephenson - codename Intrepid - upon whom 
the character James Bond was based.

It was opened by the British on 6 December 1941 and closed by the end of 
the war although Canadian intelligence continued to use it until 1969.

Robert Stuart, a Canadian who died seven years ago, collected the gadgets 
and photos over a lifetime and was entrusted with many family heirlooms.

Since his death his daughter Deirdre took over the camp and pieces have 
started to appear on eBay to the consternation of those with links to Camp 
X who said many items had merely been loaned for display..../snip/



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/7546763/James-Bond-style-spy-gadgets-on-sale-on-eBay.html

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