I think there is a difference between pride and elitism, but sometimes it can be a very fine line. Pride keeps quality in the hobby, but elitism will alienate the base buyers.
High end breeders cannot perpetuate each other. Got to have the kid that wants a Normal or the guy who wants a pet Mojave (or whatever) and is not looking for the cleanest example of the morph to keep business aloft.
I would be interested to know the general limit for a pet BP. I would say maybe $1200 (just off the top of my head). May be a few outliers that want an especially trophy pet. So, then most anything over $1200 is probably being sold to another breeder, or someone who intends to breed it.
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