As demand grew, people began selling promissory notes guaranteeing the future delivery of prized tulip bulbs.

随着需求的增长，人们开始出售期票，以保证未来高价的郁金香球茎的交付。

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Not since the winter of 1636 — in the midst of tulip mania in Holland, where for a time bulbs traded for the price of houses — has the price of a perishable product escalated so dramatically.

同肇始于1636年冬天的荷兰郁金香泡沫不同，当时在荷兰，这种易腐烂的商品价格戏剧般地飞涨，一度郁金香鳞茎可以卖到别墅的价格。 “葡萄酒价格的暴涨完全是一夜之间发生的。”

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And suddenly they have become the 21st century equivalent of tulip bulbs.

突然，他们已成为21世纪的郁金香球茎等效。

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However, since gold is also an emotional trade, it may emulate to some degree the seventeenth century tulip mania where it was reputed that 40 bulbs of a famous tulip variety sold for 100, 000 Dutch florins.

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Remembering all of this, the Dutch Royal Family upon liberation sent Ottawa thousands of tulip bulbs, a gift that continues yearly, to this day.

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It's also probably a little too enamored of tulip bulbs.

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