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22 November 2005

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Brent and Becky's has 25% off remaining stock. *buys hundreds more crocuses and tulips*

post by: weretable and the undead chairs at: 11:52 | 14 comments

BUY THEM AND TAKE PHOTOS WHEN THEY FLOWER! and then post them so I can live vicariously.

posted by gaspode 22 November | 12:07

Damn, it's too late for me.

posted by JanetLand 22 November | 12:08

Remember when tulips bulbs were so highly prized that they were worth more than currency in Holland? No? Neither do I.

posted by iconomy 22 November | 12:08

Actually iconomy......I was looking at tulip manuscripts ... can't remember what they were called exactly...from the 1700s I think.

They worked out that the illustrations of the best ones would cost something in the order of $10Million in today's money, they were so highly prized.

Or was it poppy..um? (but the rest is true...there's a special name - 'tulip books' or 'poppy books' don't ring a bell, but it was logical, if Dutch; except for the money)

posted by peacay 22 November | 12:13

The Tulip Bubble and also here. This story has always fascinated me - there's a painting at the Walters in Baltimore showing lines of Dutch soldiers protecting the tulip fields. The big tattoo on my leg is from a 17th century Dutch botanical; it's one of the tulip bubble tulips.

posted by mygothlaundry 22 November | 12:19

I meant that I don't remember it (first-hand) because I'm not that old...hee.

But I'm almost that old!

Do you have a link to the manuscripts, peacay? I'd love to look at them. Tulips are my most favorite flower.

posted by iconomy 22 November | 12:19

I knew you would ask that...umm...I'll have a little looksee.

posted by peacay 22 November | 12:21

Hey! You could have done this...I was wrong...$2-3M

posted by peacay 22 November | 12:22

..they're ooookkkk.. but not up to my aesthetic needs so I dumped the linky.

posted by peacay 22 November | 12:24

EstrogenFilter? Call me when they have throwing knives or hand grenades on sale.

posted by Eideteker 22 November | 12:27

Ooh they're charming. They would make wonderful postcards, printed out on ivory parchment cardstock.

posted by iconomy 22 November | 12:33

The funniest thing about the Tulip craze was that the most prized tulips - Rembrandts, looked that way only becuase they were dying. Heh.

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 22 November | 12:41

Sheesh, weretable! If you wanna get rich, saffron is where it's at!

posted by Smart Dalek 22 November | 18:11

I bought some saffron crocus bulbs this fall, but considering that you need about 2000 for one ounce of the spice, um.

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 23 November | 03:19

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