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'Tis But A Scratch or Renaissance Porn for Acupuncturists
"The rapidity of the change in prices during January 1637 must have led some tulip-watchers to conclude that the price rises were unsustainable. Some of the prices were indeed high. If we compare them to contemporary commodity prices on the Amsterdam exchange, we find that for the ƒ1000 one might pay in January 1637 for one hypothetical Admirael van der Eyck bulb, one could have bought 4,651 pounds of figs, or 3,448 pounds of almonds, or 5,633 pounds of raisins, or 370 pounds of cinnamon, or 111 tuns of Bordeaux. On a more everyday level for most Dutch people, ƒ1000 would buy a modest house in Haarlem, or, if we look at consumables, 11,587 kilos of rye bread, or 13.4 vats of butter, or 5,714 pounds of meat."
from Anne Goldgar's "Tulipmania - Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age", published in 2007 by the University of Chicago Press (p.224-225)
'Tis But A Scratch or Renaissance Porn for Acupuncturists
"The rapidity of the change in prices during January 1637 must have led some tulip-watchers to conclude that the price rises were unsustainable. Some of the prices were indeed high. If we compare them to contemporary commodity prices on the Amsterdam exchange, we find that for the ƒ1000 one might pay in January 1637 for one hypothetical Admirael van der Eyck bulb, one could have bought 4,651 pounds of figs, or 3,448 pounds of almonds, or 5,633 pounds of raisins, or 370 pounds of cinnamon, or 111 tuns of Bordeaux. On a more everyday level for most Dutch people, ƒ1000 would buy a modest house in Haarlem, or, if we look at consumables, 11,587 kilos of rye bread, or 13.4 vats of butter, or 5,714 pounds of meat."
from Anne Goldgar's "Tulipmania - Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age", published in 2007 by the University of Chicago Press (p.224-225)