During The Blind Banker, a webpage is on-screen.





57

You can see one of the lots’s numbers is 57, which is a numbers which frequently appears in relation to Moffat (Timeline of 57′s mentions in Moffat’s work).









INVERTED 1895

Next to the 57 there is a 5681, which, if you rotate the screen by 180°, will become a 1895

1895 is a relevant date:

The year in which a poem about Sherlock Holmes, 221b by Vincent Starrett, is set. Which probably is the reason behind all the following easter eggs.

A common easter egg in Sherlock:

The year in which The Abominable Bride is set.



In A Scandal In Belgravia, the counter on John’s blog is stuck at 1895.



In His Last Vow, a book costing £18.95.

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(Not a perfect 1895): In The Blind Banker, the digits on John’s number which could be chosen approach to form an inverted 1895.

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(Not a perfect 1895): In The Sign of Three, John names a 18 and a 9 close to each other, almost forming a 1895.

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(Not a perfect 1895): In The Sign of Three, the date of the wedding approaches as close as possible a 1895, being it 18/05.

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Read here. An easter egg in Sherlock Holmes (1894):

In The Elegible Bachelor, appears in the back of a very visible book.

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In this very moment John even says to check the dates:



JOHN: Check for the dates…







Sherlock then starts pointing at the web page (different lot number, same sale number).

SHERLOCK: Here, John.



And then points more specifically in the direction in which the sale number is repeated.









INVERTED FACES

To note that in the vases next to the text there are two identical vases with face-like figures which looks like faces when the picture is rotated by 180°.





This could be a further reference to the inverted shot with which Sherlock is introduced (the haircut is also similar).

And both occurrences could be a reference to homosexuality as invert is also an archaic term for an homosexual man.



The identical vases could also represent Sherlock and John together.









AUCTION MENTION

This auction is relevant enough that it is also mentioned in the dialogue of the episode.