"The Property of a Lady" is a short story written by Ian Fleming featuring his fictional secret agent James Bond. It was included in the 1966 short story collection Octopussy and The Living Daylights from 1967 onwards. "The Property of a Lady" was written in early 1963 after Fleming was commissioned by Sotheby's to use as a story in their annual journal, The Ivory Hammer. It later appeared in a serialized form in the January 1964 issue of Playboy magazine, months before Fleming's death.