We wanted to breed to keep the "cool" ones we made that we wanted, and sell the rest to pay for supplies, not really a business. The most we've paid so far for our is about $280 + shipping. I did buy a female bumblebee a few months back for $250 that originally sold in 2004 as a baby for $20,000. That's about as close as I'd get to "buying an expensive snake". lol
I was browsing and saw a beautiful lavender Albino tristripe......$10,000.