Quote Originally Posted by SnakeySnakeSnake
My point is that its not fair to compare a Pastel to an Albino, you would have to compare a Pastel to a het for albino, or an Albino to a Super Pastel.
Exactly and 10 years ago albinos were $12,500.00 ... I sold several this year for $2,500.00 ... That's an 80% decline in 10 years ... 5 years ago super pastels were $25,000.00 ... this year they are retailing for $8,000.00 ... that's a 68% decline in 5 years.

In June of last year, pinstripes were advertised for $25,000.00 ... now they are being advertised for $9,000.00 .... In June of last year, Lavender albinos were being advertised for $25,000.00 ... now you can't find any, but if you could, they'd still be $25,000.00

I can't see how you can compare the value of two morphs that have not been around the same amount of time ... albinos have at least a 5 year head start on just about every other morph.

Many of the people that say recessives hold their value better do so because they've been in this business breeding and selling these animals for a very long time.

-adam