One Broken Bulb Cost More Than a Canal House

Peak auction prices for rare broken tulip bulbs in guilders, Haarlem, February 1637

guilders 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 5,500 3,400 2,100 1,050 480 Semper Augustus Viceroy Gouda Switsers Witte Croonen