» Site Navigation
0 members and 732 guests
No Members online
Most users ever online was 47,180, 07-16-2025 at 05:30 PM.
» Today's Birthdays
» Stats
Members: 75,905
Threads: 249,104
Posts: 2,572,103
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
|
-
Where are all the crazy expensive and rare BP's?
who buys them? where are these snakes?
i'm talking about 5 or 6-figure snakes. when a breeder hits a crazy Clown or Pied combo, hatches a Panda or Paradox, where does it go? if the odds gods grants someone a Scaleless or Sunset, does it just goes in some wealthy person's private collection, shuttered from public eye?
i wish i could see more pix of these expensive and rare BP's. where are they? i want pix and updates. :)
-
There are 2 primary groups purchasing them.
Breeders are the common people, they spend thousands on snakes because they stand to make back their money and more over the course of a project. Thus they are squirreled away and you don't see them.
Particularly wealthy individuals who like the unique look of the animal. These tend to be favored pets of the wealthy due to their value. Some are likely to share photos, others are not. But those photos are probably on personal social media accounts, and not everyone has access to them.
-
yeah, does anyone know where these rare and expensive snakes are? like, maybe a specific place? or address? do you think they have security systems?? /s :P
-
I'm convinced they disappear into never, never land. I still want to see a picture of an adult homozygous scaleless.
-
-
Re: Where are all the crazy expensive and rare BP's?
Quote:
Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan
I'm convinced they disappear into never, never land. I still want to see a picture of an adult homozygous scaleless.
I think you're gonna have to wait a year or two for that. BHB sure isn't going to be the one to release adult pics. Winston or Mike are probably your best bets.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
Re: Where are all the crazy expensive and rare BP's?
Quote:
Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan
I'm convinced they disappear into never, never land. I still want to see a picture of an adult homozygous scaleless.
Well I know the directions then, Second star on the right and straight on till morning. Now just to find Tinkerbell.
-
ha i just realized i directly know a breeder who has a Panda and the famous paradox Black Fire. actually two of my BP's are their siblings. he still send me pix sometimes. :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by tttaylorrr
yeah, does anyone know where these rare and expensive snakes are? like, maybe a specific place? or address? do you think they have security systems?? /s
Quote:
Originally Posted by tttaylorrr
:P
i have 3 Leopards on guard at all times. ;)
Quote:
Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan
I'm convinced they disappear into never, never land. I still want to see a picture of an adult homozygous scaleless.
it's funny u said that b/c Michael Jackson's oldest son actually has a large collection of reptiles including big snakes: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...-vest-top.html maybe he's the one hoarding all the cool BP's at Neverland Ranch.
-
Anyone else? I wanna see adult 5k+ snakes!
-
Re: Where are all the crazy expensive and rare BP's?
Quote:
Originally Posted by tttaylorrr
yeah, does anyone know where these rare and expensive snakes are? Like, maybe a specific place? Or address? Do you think they have security systems?? /s :p
lmfao!!!
-
Re: Where are all the crazy expensive and rare BP's?
From what I've heard snake money has a tendency to flow through the industry. So in other words it's largely breeders buying high end animals from others to breed and sell to other breeders etc. I'm sure there are some people who just collect high end snakes but that'd be a private collection which is why we wouldn't know about it lol
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
Oh my, the Piebald clown male is gorgeous. I probably would spend a max of $1500 on him but I don't breed or any of that. I just love that morph.
- - - Updated - - -
I would pay the $3k they are asking if I could afford it lol. That is such a risk with a living creature though. Anything can happen.
-
oh. my. gawd!
Skittles is up for sale! $35K!! this is the craziest BP i have even seen - https://www.morphmarket.com/us/c/rep...-pythons/81262
https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...05&oe=5A5F0902
time to sell my car!
-
Re: Where are all the crazy expensive and rare BP's?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ax01
Ok, THAT is just cool !! Whoa, those eyes...
That is what a RARE and out of the ordinary BP should look like :)
I know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but the whole "scale less" thing totally doesn't appeal to me. Esp. after seeing some (rather warty) adults. I like snakes that will stay beautiful and unique looking through adulthood and I think Skittles is such a snake.
I remember way back when the first "blue eyed Lucy" supposedly sold for $100,000 !!!
So all you have to do is wait a couple of decades and these rare ones will become affordable, LOL. Of course by then, there will be something else new and cool. I do wonder, though, if we won't eventually bottom out? I thought that years ago, though, and yet, the cool ones keep coming ;)
-
Re: Where are all the crazy expensive and rare BP's?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ax01
I wouldn't give more that 400.00 for that snake.
-
Re: Where are all the crazy expensive and rare BP's?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
I wouldn't give more that 400.00 for that snake.
Well, go ahead and make that offer !! LOL
I will then buy it from you for $500..hehe
-
Re: Where are all the crazy expensive and rare BP's?
Quote:
Originally Posted by zina10
Well, go ahead and make that offer !! LOL
I will then buy it from you for $500..hehe
Here's the thing. If it is a chimera then you can't be sure which dna the reproductive is passing on.
-
Re: Where are all the crazy expensive and rare BP's?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
Here's the thing. If it is a chimera then you can't be sure which dna the reproductive is passing on.
Yeah...I just like the different colored eyes and splotches. Just the uniqueness. Not looking at it from the breeders point of view [emoji16] For that it would need to have some DG thrown in..LOL
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
My wife's co-worker recently hatched this little one, not sure of sex. Haven't seen it for myself but he/she looks stunning!
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...G_072712_1.jpg
If I remembered his name or affiliation atm I would give him recognition :gj:
-
Re: Where are all the crazy expensive and rare BP's?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ax01
WOW!! In all seriousness, what type of person would fork up that kind of cash for her or him? I'd assume only a breeder..
-
Re: Where are all the crazy expensive and rare BP's?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Misternewbie
WOW!! In all seriousness, what type of person would fork up that kind of cash for her or him? I'd assume only a breeder..
IIRC Skittles' breeder already said they're unsure they want to sell the animal, thus the high price tag. Some people have expressed interest, but he wants to make sure he's getting what he needs to part with an animal he's unsure if he wants to part with.
Perfectly fair.
But odd-eyed BPs like her are very uncommon and makes for a gorgeous snake IMHO. I'd buy her, if I came into the cash, just to keep her as a pet since I find paradox animals like her and the one posted above way more interesting than other high-price snakes like BELs and Pieds.
Like check this lil' noodle out. Nice.
-
She is prized, because she displays extremely rare genes, a "freak" of nature as they say. You won't see another snake like it, it is unique as can be.
-
Ive been keeping ball pythons for less than a year, and I often go onto morph market and search all BPs by price highest to lowest. I've wondered where they all go as well. However, I often get down to the snakes that are under $500 and find ones I like just as much as the crazy expensive ones, and I quickly forget about wondering where they go lol.
-
Re: Where are all the crazy expensive and rare BP's?
Quote:
Originally Posted by hollowlaughter
IIRC Skittles' breeder already said they're unsure they want to sell the animal, thus the high price tag. Some people have expressed interest, but he wants to make sure he's getting what he needs to part with an animal he's unsure if he wants to part with.
Perfectly fair.
But odd-eyed BPs like her are very uncommon and makes for a gorgeous snake IMHO. I'd buy her, if I came into the cash, just to keep her as a pet since I find paradox animals like her and the one posted above way more interesting than other high-price snakes like BELs and Pieds.
Like check this lil' noodle out. Nice.
Normally not fond of albinos but that is beautiful!
-
As with all expensive reptiles, you either pay for investment like people do with certain balls, like they did with the palmetto corns or you pay for pure rarity like people do with Eastern Indigo Snakes, Monkey Tailed Skinks or animals brand new to being captive bred like some of the Asian rat snakes a few years ago. There is a big difference between the two types of buyers. Investment folks are usually established breeders, they will drop a 5000 bucks on a pair of snakes and then sell the babies in 2 years after price drop for 1500 or so netting a profit. Then each year they still profit even if the price drops. The people buying an Indigo or very rare animal are doing it because they just want it, it's a dream animal. Those people often don't care about how much a baby is going to be worth quite frankly because even if they breed their snake the market might be small due to legalities like the Indigo or perhaps difficulty of care like some lizards etc.
Typically however a 1000+ dollar animal is going to be purchased by someone who is planning on breeding it and then selling the offspring most likely 15% of the people buying, 80% are fine with waiting for the price to drop in the 300 range. 5% are just folks with the extra cash available to get what they want when they want it.
|
