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Where is the morph market heading?
I wanted to share my opinions on morphs in general, maybe I am not alone with my views 
I started this hobby about 1 1/2 years ago, and was thrilled to see all the different morphs. I paid about $3500 for my 'collection', and was dreaming about creating great combinations and maybe even something brand new in the future.
However, since then my enthusiasm has vanished a bit. Not about BPs in general, but about this whole morph euphoria. One of the things that fascinated me the most was how special morphs were and how expensive, it was similar to the dream of owning a Ferrari or Porsche GT (yep, I'm a typical male ). But now the big breeders in the business create all sorts of crazy morphs, triple recessives, quadruple co-doms etc. They all look great, but, do they look & feel special? Not that much to me anymore, I'm afraid. Take these for example: http://forums.kingsnake.com/viewarch...81318&key=2008 ... quadrouple co-dom, Pastel Butter Kingpins. Looks nice, but I think they look similar to other morphs, for example the lesser pearl.
There are about 200 different morphs out there right now (I have a list of 176, and I guess it's a bit incomplete). Sure, the more morphs, the more potential combinations. But who cares really if I produce a pinstripe axantic lesser pied spider enchi in 6 years? Who will pay me $5000 for that snake if there are 500 other morphs out there, of which 10 look similar to mine?
A market in general is all about supply and demand. I am pretty sure that demand hasn't quite reached its peak yet, but supply is getting more and more. I predict that the market will cool by a lot in the next 5 years, and prices will come down in a landslide.
Thoughts?
0.1 High Contrast - 1.0 Spider - 0.1 Cinnamon Pastel - 0.1 Lesser Platinum - 1.2 British Short Hair Cats 
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