Would a NEW Voynich Manuscript be valuable?

[ReneZ]

One thing that the Voynich MS had in its past, perhaps even from the very beginning, but no longer has now, is the promise of a great secret.
This was perhaps why Rudolf paid about 2 kg of gold ($ 250,000 in today's money) for it (assuming he did).
Not so much because it was a Roger Bacon. Bacon was just one of many 'old and wise' authors, and he had other Bacons already.

Today, hardly anyone believes that it has real secrets. It is famous because it is uncrackable, where it should not have been that difficult. Its monetary value is from its fame and uniqueness.

(This is not my opinion - I asked an actual rare book dealer at the Frankfurt book fair a couple of years ago. He was a friend of the Siloe managers and very familiar with the Voynich MS).

It is impossible to put a price on it. It is what a rich oil sheik who already owns 28(*) unique cars would give for it.
But it would be easily 5 - 10 times what Rudolf II paid for it.

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(*) Beware: invented number.