No gamble for Ian Fleming in Bloomsbury auction.

There were a few items of mystery-related interest from Bloomsbury's September 3rd and September 10th auctions:

• Leslie Charteris, The Saint and Mr. Teal, 1st US ed., 1933; The Saint vs. Scotland Yard, first US ed., 1932; unspecified Saint novel, £40 (approx. US$65)
  

• Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile, 1st ed., 1937, plus two unspecified Christie novels, £180 (approx. US$293)
  

• Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, 3rd English ed., illust. James Grieg, 1895, £400 (approx. US$651)
  

• Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, 1st ed., 1953, £1700 (approx. US$2767)
  

And just because I'm a major fan of the illustrations of N. C. Wyeth:

• N. C. Wyeth, In the Manner of "Ship Ahoy," n.d., oil on canvas, £80 (approx US$130)