Arthur Conan Doyle’s autograph manuscript of one of the 13 short stories that in 1905 were gathered together in book form as The Return of Sherlock Holmes was offered in New York recently.
Part of an April 18, Heritage (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) sale of letters and manuscripts, the vellum bound, 53pp manuscript of ‘The Adventure of the Dancing Men’ was listed as requiring a starting bid of $250,000 (£176,055). That it got, but no more.