Holmes creator's papers go on the block

CNN : "Christie's to auction personal effects from late Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle."

Conan Doyle papers 'to fetch £2m'

BBC: "A lost collection of personal papers belonging to Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have been found."

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