Where is the morph market heading?

[juddb]

Champagnes have dropped from $10K to $4K in one season. I wonder what they will be next season?

Oh wow, i was still under the impression that they were still very high in price, not that 4k isnt.

[Wh00h0069]

Oh wow, i was still under the impression that they were still very high in price, not that 4k isnt.

I was actually surprised at the initial price. I know that they are rare, but they are only a single codom. Anyone can easily buy one male and mass produce them the same year. Think about how many people bought males this season.

[Smith285]

I think it's been said above, but I like the fact that prices are going down and weeding out the people just in it for the money. I would also like to see more selective breeding, rather than just throwing any one morph with another. I hate seeing spiders on the market that frankly just don't look good, but are going for the same price as a spider who looks fantastic. Same goes for pastels, I've seen pastels that could almost pass as normals going for as much as pastels that you need sunglasses to look at.

Plus, I'm in it for the hobby. I have a pastel male and a highly yellow normal female that I can't wait to breed in a few years...not to make any money back (pastels will be worth about $50 by then), but to be able to create an animal that I will love and be 100% my own creation (with some help from the snakes of course).

[juddb]

I was actually surprised at the initial price. I know that they are rare, but they are only a single codom. Anyone can easily buy one male and mass produce them the same year. Think about how many people bought males this season.

Fantastic point. Whatever happened to the crystal morph??? Correct me if im wrong but it was proven genetic correct?

[juddb]

I would also like to see more selective breeding, rather than just throwing any one morph with another. I hate seeing spiders on the market that frankly just don't look good, but are going for the same price as a spider who looks fantastic.

agreed! Then again, the different lines have that covered, for example graziani,ruppell pastel etc.etc... But i know what you mean about morph's nowadays looking soso, the fantastic looking animal should be the breeder....
Im smellin what your steppin in.....

[rabernet]

Fantastic point. Whatever happened to the crystal morph??? Correct me if im wrong but it was proven genetic correct?

The crystal is a combo morph - it's a mojave x "special" female. Only a few people know what the female is. Tom Baker was a smart businessman keeping that under wraps and keeping the crystal value up.

[Wh00h0069]

The crystal is a combo morph - it's a mojave x "special" female. Only a few people know what the female is. Tom Baker was a smart businessman keeping that under wraps and keeping the crystal value up.

Agreed. The crystals are amazing.

[fattielumpkin]

I am in agreement with some folk about this. I personally cannot wait until the supply maxes out and higher end morphs drop drastically in price. I love a lot of base morphs, and a lot of combos not so much. I do like a lot of the combos with only two sets of genes, but that is about as fancy as it gets for me. that my change in time, but I am not dreaming of having a YBxPiedxGhostxlesserxPastelxAxanthic....I just like pieds, and I love normals. So when people are giving those away it will be nice. I would also like to see the small timers in it solely for the money to move on. I was admittedly enamored at the prospect of makeing money at this, though I have wised up a little and realized that will not happen. I may come close to breaking even but that is about it. That said though, that BP's are not my main interest. I find them pretty boring most of the time. I am more interested in breeding colubrids the most, primarily Pituophis, and those generally sell pretty cheap, which I am okay with. But when all is said and done...I will always buy from a hobbyist first and a store second....cause you gotsta have the love baby.

[juddb]

The crystal is a combo morph - it's a mojave x "special" female. Only a few people know what the female is. Tom Baker was a smart businessman keeping that under wraps and keeping the crystal value up.

I see. Smart man!

[N4S]

Where is the morph market heading?

Hopefully to cheaper more affordable prices.

I say this because there are some people out there that dont have the funds to own morph beauties.