Sexually-charged letters between James Bond creator Ian Fleming and his wife Ann were put up for auction on Tuesday, part of a collection of correspondence that also charts the success of his 007 books. They couple first met in 1934, when Ann was married to her first husband, but they did not tie the knot until 1952 -- the year Fleming wrote `Casino Royale`, his first novel about the fictional super spy. The letters reveal the intensity of their relationship, particularly before they married. In one, Ann wrote to ask Fleming to `put me in your bed with a raw cowhide whip in my hand so as I can keep you well behaved for forty years`. The collection contains more than 160 letters written by both of them, estimated at £200,000-£300,000 (233,000-350,000 euros, $260,000-$385,000) ahead of the December 3-10 sale. Gabriel Heaton, books and manuscripts specialist at Sotheby`s auction house, said the correspondence offered an `unmatched record` of Fleming`s life and career.
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