25-09-2022, 05:38 PM
A bit selective there, Rob. The argument made in the video is "this manuscript was once sold for a huge price, so it was very sellable" (apparently historical context can be disregarded). In the Voynich.nu link, we read:
Voynich obtains the manuscript with the hopes of selling it, does not succeed before his death.
Kraus buys the MS for a much lower price, hoping to sell it for Voynich's original price, does not succeed.
So in our confirmed history of the manuscript, two experienced sellers were unable to make a profit off the VM. I think the scales tip towards unsellability.
Quote:The New York book dealer Hans P. Kraus, who decided to take Anne Nill as his secretary, bought the MS on 12 July 1961 for $24,500. He valued it very highly and tried to sell it for $160,000 (equivalent with the amount Voynich had asked for it before), but he did not succeed.
Voynich obtains the manuscript with the hopes of selling it, does not succeed before his death.
Kraus buys the MS for a much lower price, hoping to sell it for Voynich's original price, does not succeed.
So in our confirmed history of the manuscript, two experienced sellers were unable to make a profit off the VM. I think the scales tip towards unsellability.