How quickly did the VMS leave the possession of those who understood it?

[Skoove]

You could easily get away with a fraction of the work.

I have sometimes thought of this as well. The major basis of someone trying to sell the VMS circa 1430 would have been the unusual script since (as VMS researchers have discovered over the years) many parts of the VMS weren't that strange for someone familiar with manuscripts in the 15th century. During that time (since they didn't have the internet), one wouldn't be able to tell that it was not a pre-existing script. They would just be able to tell that it was not a common European script that they had seen. 

My point is that if they wanted to sell it, it would be much easier to make it crazier and make it largely readable for the potential buyer so that they could comprehend the uniqueness of it.