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To: BlueCheap who wrote (1058)	11/25/1998 10:55:00 AM
From: Robert C. Petersen	Read Replies (1) of 1078

Malcolm, Sorry. In the 1600's the tulip, which was unknown in Holland at the time, was imported from Turkey. Everyone one starting collecting tulip bulbs and a craze started. Pretty soon there were more tulip bulb buyers than tulips. The prices skyrocketed, different color bulbs demanded higher prices because of their scarcity. There were rumors of a black tulip which had never been seen. Suddenly the thrifty Dutch were putting their entire fortunes on the line for black tullips, the equivalant today of close to a million dollars... a couple of years later the craze died out and many Hollanders were stuck and broke with tulips ( which they couldn't even eat ) In this country in the twenties people were buying real estate in Florida by the gallon, as it turned out and not by the acre...Kind of like buying a mule for stud. There is a whole book of these stories...will get the title later unless one of your posters comes up with it...didn't mean to be so obscure.......nysebob2

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