Posted By:
Max WederHal
I think you forgot to mention whether your syndicate was behind the tulip frenzy in Holland in 1636/37.
http://www.investopedia.com/features/crashes/crashes2.asp
Or perhaps the South Sea Bubble is more to your liking: a bubble built on a monopoly to all trading rights in the South Sea (substitute "baseball cards"?)
http://www.investopedia.com/features/crashes/crashes3.asp
M