Rare color patterns of tulips drove that price even higher, so much so that people started mortgaging their homes and estates to get bulbs that they hope to then resell at a profit.
You are going to throw down all of the money that you have in your piggy bank, in your pocket, in your bank account, you're going to mortgage your house - you are going to win.
The crisis of confidence that first hit home prices, then mortgage investments that finance the housing boom has now claimed two of Wall Street's most venerable names.