![The most expensive tulip bulb in history costed as much as the finest house on the most fashionable Amsterdam canal The most expensive tulip bulb in history costed as much as the finest house on the most fashionable Amsterdam canal](https://www.tulipmania.art/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/100-tulips-46.jpg)
The most expensive tulip bulb in history costed as much as the finest house on the most fashionable Amsterdam canal
![Study of a Tulip (Anvaers), c. 1645. Pieter Holsteyn II (Dutch, c.1612-1673). Watercolor and gouache; sheet: 31.1 x 20.6 cm (12 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.). This image of a tulip was Study of a Tulip (Anvaers), c. 1645. Pieter Holsteyn II (Dutch, c.1612-1673). Watercolor and gouache; sheet: 31.1 x 20.6 cm (12 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.). This image of a tulip was](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H106AP/study-of-a-tulip-anvaers-c-1645-pieter-holsteyn-ii-dutch-c1612-1673-watercolor-and-gouache-sheet-311-x-206-cm-12-14-x-8-18-in-this-image-of-a-tulip-was-made-as-part-of-a-tulip-book-used-as-a-growers-marketing-tool-during-the-so-called-tulip-mania-a-speculative-bubble-in-17th-century-holland-when-ten-tulip-bulbs-could-cost-more-than-a-stately-amsterdam-canal-house-the-striations-on-the-tulip-which-were-caused-by-a-virus-in-the-bulb-made-it-especially-valuable-pieter-holsteyn-ii-was-one-of-many-artists-in-the-netherlands-at-the-time-who-specialized-in-botanical-illust-2H106AP.jpg)
Study of a Tulip (Anvaers), c. 1645. Pieter Holsteyn II (Dutch, c.1612-1673). Watercolor and gouache; sheet: 31.1 x 20.6 cm (12 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.). This image of a tulip was
Tulip Time Festival - "Semper Augustus is said to have been the most valuable tulip of all time, made famous during Tulip Mania in the 17th Century. The price of one Semper
![Study of a Tulip (Gemarmerde van Jasper), c. 1645. Pieter Holsteyn II (Dutch, c.1612-1673). Brush and watercolor in crimson, grey, and green over traces of charcoal on antique laid paper; sheet: 32 Study of a Tulip (Gemarmerde van Jasper), c. 1645. Pieter Holsteyn II (Dutch, c.1612-1673). Brush and watercolor in crimson, grey, and green over traces of charcoal on antique laid paper; sheet: 32](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H0YWY2/study-of-a-tulip-gemarmerde-van-jasper-c-1645-pieter-holsteyn-ii-dutch-c1612-1673-brush-and-watercolor-in-crimson-grey-and-green-over-traces-of-charcoal-on-antique-laid-paper-sheet-32-x-211-cm-12-58-x-8-516-in-this-image-of-a-tulip-was-made-as-part-of-a-tulip-book-used-as-a-growers-marketing-tool-during-the-so-called-tulip-mania-a-speculative-bubble-in-17th-century-holland-when-ten-tulip-bulbs-could-cost-more-than-a-stately-amsterdam-canal-house-the-striations-on-the-tulip-which-were-caused-by-a-virus-in-the-bulb-made-it-especially-valuable-pieter-holsteyn-ii-was-o-2H0YWY2.jpg)