What was the most expensive book ever sold?
Correct answer: The Codex Leicester
Player #118357
Shouldn't the writing under the question be about the correct answer? i. e. the Codex Leicester?
Tiggsmeister 43
It's called the Leicester Codex because it was owned by a noble of that house
Thios#1
I find this all so fascinating, I love this game!!!
Jwolf2474
If I could, I'd pay that for one of Da Vinci's journals.
Janet
Player #118357, funnily enough the answer is about the Leicester codex
Ya'el
Jwolf2474, his notebooks are published, with or without images. They are a tedious read, but he got a lot right, things we still call scientificly accurate today.
Soleil10001
Player #118357,
It's exactly about that. ;)
VividPotion6704
Player #118357, that is the name of his notebook
Vic
Jwolf2474, So would I,,Love old Books, I have a small collection of them, books and newspapers,etc,,most people don’t care about books anymore with the internet availability,,its a shame,,
Uncle D
Jwolf2474, hasn't it been scanned so the public can read it?
Ruf
Player #118357, The answer should have included the name of the Da Vinci document as well.
Liz
Anniedav, I agree with your sentiment!!
Jackie
Player #118357, it is the codex Leicester - da Vinci’s drawings bought by one of the Earls of Leicester.
Dreams
So what was the Codex Leicester? hmm
Lionessa
Seems wrong for one man to own something so precious. Should be in a museum and available to scholars.
J
So it was written by daVinci? It doesn’t surprise me that it was gobbled up for such a paltry sum by a billionaire….I’m not going to go down the road of world poverty but….really!
Justahippy
Jwolf2474, if I could afford one I wouldn’t be sitting on my couch playing this game.
Wendy Z
Janet, nowhere in the answer does it mention the name of the notebook. Indeed, the answer includes the word 'probably' in such a way as to suggest that the writer is not entirely sure if/when/who purchased a notebook that may or may not have been the one in the question. Since the answer is poorly written, grammar-wise, it is unclear whether the explanation is in any way connected to the question.
Clo
Solange, thank you!
George
Jwolf2474, who wouldn’t? 🤔
Andres
Ei saa olla...
Gillian
Player #118357, the codex leicester is by da Vinci!
Player #26129643
Blaze, dude, he was filthy rich in the 1980s when my friends were buying Microsoft stock like crazy.
Blaze
Gates has been already filthy rich back in 1994?!?
Poekneegurl
Anniedav, but "annie", it would only get "locked away" under "unbreakable glass", to keep it away from being touched/viewed & the capability of its contents REALLY being appreciated... sure people would come to see it & increase the revenue of where it was being housed...but it was important enough to Mr. Gates to outbid others & not very appreciated by "someone" (in the real sense) or it never would have been up for auction.
Player #30121736
Player #118357, that is what the answer is about. It was written by Da Vinci.
Ethan
Player #118357, it is! The name of the notebook doesn't sound Italian, which threw me when I first learned about it. But the Codex Leicester is indeed the DaVinci notebook in question. (Also, you may totally not see this, since your comment is from 2018 but for some reason is at the top of the comments list I see. Ah well.)
Anniedav
A book this important should not be locked away in someone’s private collection. Has Gates donated it to a museum or for research? If not, he should
Player #25660210
Player #118357, thank you there’s someone who also noticed it.
Becca Sue
$30 million could make a big difference in our world and help a lot of people. What does anyone need with a museum piece?