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May 3, 2016 · The tale of the Dutch tulip craze is a cautionary one – the first example of an economic bubble. As a new exhibition of flower paintings opens in London, Alastair Sooke looks back. Tulip...
Tulip Mania, a speculative frenzy in 17th-century Holland over the sale of tulip bulbs. Tulips were introduced into Europe from Turkey shortly after 1550, and the delicately formed, vividly coloured flowers became a popular if costly item. The demand for differently coloured varieties of tulips.
Tulip Mania is often cited as the classic example of a financial bubble: when the price of something goes up and up, not because of its intrinsic value, but because people who buy it expect to...
Summary. The Dutch tulip bulb market bubble (or tulip mania) was a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for some of the tulip bulbs reached extraordinarily high levels and then dramatically collapsed in February 1637.
Today, solid-colored tulips are the most common, though streaked and variegated varieties have been developed through traditional breeding methods. Most of the broken strains that fueled the mania, including the illusory Semper Augustus, have since died out, overcome by the virus that gave them their beauty.
Feb 29, 2000 · Tulip Mania (Tulipomania) occurred in Holland during the Dutch Golden Age and has long been considered the first recorded speculative or asset bubble. When the tulip was introduced, it immediately became a popular status symbol for the wealthy and the growing middle class.
May 13, 2018 · The flowers that cost more than houses. Of bulbs and bubbles. The enduring power of so-called Tulip Mania means it still gets trotted out in 2018 when people talk about Bitcoin, which reached a ...
