The Semper Augustus was the most rare and valuable of the tulips during the Tulipomania in 1630’s Holland. At its 1637 peak, a single Semper Augustus bulb sold for the dollar equivalent …

Tulip mania (Dutch: tulpenmanie) was a period during the Dutch Golden Age when contract prices for some bulbs of the recently introduced and fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high …

Without question, the most famous tulip in history is the red and white Semper Augustus—a “broken tulip" that supposedly sold for more than a house during Tulipmania. It may seem …

Sep 18, 2017 · A bulb named Semper Augustus, notable for its flame-like white and red petals, sold for more than the cost of a mansion in a fashionable Amsterdam neighborhood, complete …

Semper Augustus Investments Group LLC employs a fundamental, bottom-up approach, focusing on individual equity opportunities through risk-adjusted investments. This includes a review of …

One particularly rare and desired strain, known as the Semper Augustus, was beautifully streaked with white and red and is believed to have been the most expensive tulip in the frenzy; it is the …

Native to Turkey, the tulip was introduced into Europe in 1554 and quickly became popular in Holland. The insatiable demand for the beautiful, rare bulbs reached its height in 1636, when …

Apr 16, 2025 · Long ago, when Europe was bursting with trade, color, and change, a strange kind of madness took root—not in gold or gems, but in a flower bulb buried beneath the Dutch soil. …

Semper Augustus, he'd named it, and kept its generations mostly to himself, but in her dream even his hands disappeared, and any reason to look, the mirrors freezing over, cracked …

The Semper Augustus was the most rare and valuable of the high-end tulips during the Tulipomania. It was an extraordinary flower with dark blood-red streaks and flashes on white …