It’s 1994. The world’s richest man walks into an auction. He isn't bidding on a yacht or a private island. He’s bidding on 72 pages of handwritten notes from the 1500s. When the hammer fell, Bill Gates had spent $30.8 Million. He had just bought the only Da Vinci manuscript in private hands. The art world was terrified. They thought the "Software King" would hide the treasure away. They thought it would disappear into a billionaire’s basement forever. But Gates understood something they didn't.

A Bible believed to date back to the late 9th or early 10th century, known as the Codex Sassoon, was purchased for $38.1M. The record-breaking price surpassed the 1994 sale of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester manuscript, which sold for $30.8M. https://cbsn.ws/42OuU2G | CBS Sunday Morning