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Post #69101 by Geeky Tiki on Mon, Jan 12, 2004 7:02 PM
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A reference to an artificially created collecting marketplace, with inadequate "inherent" value to the product itself. In the 1700's (I may be of a hundred or so years) there was a collectors craze for tulip bulbs in Holland. The market went wild with speculation, but then the fad petered out and many tulip bulb speculators were left holding the trowel, so to speak. Kinda similar to sports cards and Beanies here in the US in the last few years. [ Edited by: Geeky Tiki on 2004-01-12 19:03 ] |