01. Leicester Code, "Leona Da Vinci, (The Codex Leicester, Leonardo da Vinci), Christie's auctioned off in 1994 for $ 30.8 million, (Current price $ 446 million *).
The Leonardo da Vinci book is in Milan from 1506 to 1510. The manuscript consists of 18 sheets covered on both sides and folded in a 72-page book. Leonardo wrote his own "mirror" - and can only be read through mirrors. These entries are customized for a variety of activities, focusing on the nature of Leonardo: why the moon is shining, why and how water flows in the river, fossils are minerals and so on. Your laptop also contains lots of calculations, graphs, and graphics. The Lester code was named after Earl Leicester, who bought the manuscript in 1717. In 1980, Kleft bought the book, Leicester, a famous industrialist, a collector and friend of the Soviet Union, Armand Hammer, who later served in a short period of time. "Code Hammer" (Codex Hammer). After the death in 1994, the code was sold in the auction and sold by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, which was regularly displayed at the museum.
02. "The Gospel of Lion Henry", Sotheby's auction for $ 12.4 million in 1983,
(Current price $ 26.7 million).
The manuscript consists of four gospels, totaling 226 pages, decorated with unique patterns of monks and beginners Helmarshauzen Benedictine Abbey. After Henry's death, the lion's manuscript was long lost. It was discovered in Prague in the 19th century and was purchased by King George V of Hanover in 1861 and is considered the founder of Henry Lion. Five years later, George V was separated and fled to Austria, and in addition, took the manuscript. After that, traces of antiquities were lost again, but in 1983, an anonymous vendor put the "Lion of Henry's Gospel" at Sotheby's Auction House. During the auction, the owner became Germany - involved in the purchase of the federal government, funding the governments of Bavaria and Lower Saxony, financing the Prussian Cultural Heritage. In the manuscript of the library, it was named after the Duke of Wolfenbüttel (Germany) in August.
03. "American Birds", John James Audubon (American Birds), The US $
8.8 million Christie auction, (The current price is 11 million US
dollars)
It printed its first edition in the United States from 1827 to 1883, in which about 200 printed copies were published in a giant version, dubbed "Double Elephant Folio" - 50 per page length (127 cm). The full version of "American Birds" consists of 435 prints, ranging in size from 90 to 60 cm, depicting birds of all sizes. It is now known that there are 119 "American birds", 108 of which are stored in museums around the world, and only 11 are stored in private collections. In the market, these books rarely appear, and each of these cases considers the book collector a feeling.
04. "The Story of Canterbury", Jeffrey Jo, (The Story of Canterbury, Jeffrey Joe), In 1998, Christie auctioned for $ 7.5 million, (Current price is $ 9.9 million)
The first edition of Canterbury Tills is Jeffrey Chooser's unique
"Father of English Poetry", one of the founders of English literature.
The book was published in 1477 in the British pioneer column William
Caxton in Westminster Abbey. So far, there are only 12 copies of known
copies that are still alive, of which only special collections are shown
in Christie's. This book enriches her story: first appeared at auction,
dating back to Christie's auction house in 1776. In 1998, this book
became the property of booksellers in London.
05. "The Northumberland Bestiary", In 1990, $ 5.85 million was sold at the Sotheby's Auction (currently $ 9.6 million).
British animals like the world do not retain more than 40, rarely enter the market. As Susby family experts explained in 1990, before the last auction of animals in 1889. In addition, a copy of the Duke of Northumberland - the latter is still in private hands, not in museum collections.
