Tulip Fever by Henk Looijesteijn Gifts housed in a round tin

housed in a round tin

and didn't happen when the market crashed in February 1637

the artist applying layer by layer to achieve the final look

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Tulip Fever by Henk Looijesteijn Gifts housed in a round tinStories about the tulip fever of 1636 37 paint an astonishing picture, yet the truth is rather more prosaic. No one bought a house on an Amsterdam waterfront for the price of a tulip bulb, there were no sensational bankruptcies and no one leaped to a tragic death in a canal. The highest bid for a Viceroy tulip bulb in February 1637 4,200 guilders was likely never paid, since that was when the market crashed. Why the market crashed is a mystery. A