One particular tulip bulb was sold and exchanged for a small ship.

卖了一个特别的郁金香球茎，换来了一艘小船。

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The value of one tulip bulb would sometimes be that of an entire house.

一个郁金香球茎的价值，有时是因为一个完整的房子。

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Although, for the most part, what they really were were tulip bulb traders.

虽然，他们的大部分，他们真的是郁金香球茎贸易商。

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At the peak of the bubble, some paid 10 times the annual income of a craftsman for a tulip bulb.

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