All billionaires have one common weakness - they collect various kinds of antiquities and other unique things.
For example, in 1994, the well-known Bill Gates acquired the Leicester Codex.
To this day, this book is considered the most expensive book ever sold or bought in the world. The results of the auction became the basis for registering the case in the Guinness Book of Records.
The fact is that 30 years ago, a billionaire paid 30.8 million dollars for a rare edition.
Codex Leicester
The high price is explained by the unique content of the book. It contains the writings and drawings of Leonardo da Vinci himself.
In other words, it is a collection of the works of a genius created in Milan from 1504 to 1508.
In 1717, the manuscript was acquired by the Earl of Leicester (hence the name “Leicester”).
In 1980, the Count's heirs got rid of the collection, selling it to Armand Hammer.
And when Hammer died, the book went up for auction and eventually ended up in the hands of Gates.
They say that the notes in this book are written in Leonardo's "mirror" font and can only be read with the help of a mirror.
