Art – Christina Rahm Galanis

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Awakening

Oil on board
65 x 54 cm/25.6 x 21.25″
©Christina Rahm Galanis – 2003

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9. Inverted Callas

Akvarell

Christina Rahm Galanis ©2005

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Cityscapes

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19. Buy and sell (The Chicago Stock Exchange)

27 x 22 cm, olja på duk

Christina Rahm Galanis,  ©2009

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20. Flag upside down

27 x 22 cm, olja på duk

Christina Rahm Galanis,  ©2009

21. Illusion of Blue Sky

27 x 22 cm, olja på duk

Christina Rahm Galanis,  ©2009

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22. Lookout

27 x 22 cm, olja på duk

Christina Rahm Galanis,  ©2009

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23. Pregnant City

27 x 22 cm, olja på duk

Christina Rahm Galanis,  ©2009

24. Receptivity

27 x 22 cm, olja på duk

Christina Rahm Galanis,  ©2009

25. Summer

27 x 22 cm, olja på duk

Christina Rahm Galanis,  ©2009

26. Time and space

27 x 22 cm, olja på duk

Christina Rahm Galanis,  ©2009

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27. Under Cover

27 x 22 cm, olja på duk

Christina Rahm Galanis,  ©2009

28. Vallmoknopp

205 x 85 cm, olja på duk

Christina Rahm Galanis,  ©1998

29. Magnoliaknoppar

205 x 85 cm, olja på duk

Christina Rahm Galanis,  ©1998

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The first time I heard about the Tulip bubble I simply couldn’t believe it.

In 1593 tulips were brought from Turkey and introduced to the Dutch. The novelty of the new flower made it widely sought after and therefore fairly pricey. After a time, the tulips contracted a non-fatal virus known as mosaic, which didn’t kill the tulip population but altered them causing ”flames” of color to appear upon the petals. The color patterns came in a wide variety, increasing the rarity of an already unique flower. Thus, tulips, which were already selling at a premium, began to rise in price according to how their virus alterations were valued, or desired. Everyone began to deal in bulbs, essentially speculating on the tulip market, which was believed to have no limits.
From Investopedia

Here is a book available on Amazon on the subject:

Tulipomania: The Story of the World’s Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions it Aroused, by Mike Dash.

According to The History House, for one particular tulip bulb someone had to pay:

Two lasts of wheat,

Four lasts of rye
Four fat oxen
Eight fat swine
Twelve fat sheep
Two Hogsheads of wine [commonly, a hogshead = 63 gals.]
Four tuns of beer [commonly, a tun = 252 gals. That's 15 kegs per tun, for you frat boys]
Two tuns of butter
[One partridge in a pear tree -HH]
One thousand lbs. of cheese
A complete bed
A suit of clothes
A silver drinking-cup

http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/tulip/

We wouldn’t do such a stupid thing today, would we…?

…here is The U.S. Debt Clock, showing in numbers, among other things the effects of today’s PrintingPaperMoneyMania.

Tags: bubble, tulipomania, tulips