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Re: Most Expensive Ball Python Morph Sold
A few year ago there was a article in reptiles magazine I belive it was with Dave and Tracy Barker and they had stated the most they had heard of a ball morph selling for was $150k for a black eye lucy before anyone has any c.b lucistics.
The origional platty daddy was sold for $75k by Noah, and a few other high $$ African animals have sold for $100k or more in the peak days of the ball market. Keep in mind back then w.c yellow belly males were $15k ea then too....
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Re: Most Expensive Ball Python Morph Sold
While I believe that there were snakes that had an asking price as high as $100k, I highly doubt anyone ever paid that amount of money in cash. Most likely there were deals made for future offspring or commissions on future sales. If anyone actually paid that kind of money in cash, I'm sure they feel very foolish now.
It amazes me that people pay hundreds, thousands and even tens of thousands for a snake that differs from it's $20 cousin only by it's color/pattern.
YMMV
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Re: Most Expensive Ball Python Morph Sold
Originally Posted by JohnNJ
While I believe that there were snakes that had an asking price as high as $100k, I highly doubt anyone ever paid that amount of money in cash. Most likely there were deals made for future offspring or commissions on future sales. If anyone actually paid that kind of money in cash, I'm sure they feel very foolish now.
It amazes me that people pay hundreds, thousands and even tens of thousands for a snake that differs from it's $20 cousin only by it's color/pattern.
YMMV
U.S. big breeders aren't doing any trades for stuff out of africa. They pay for them. If you think they're foolish you don't know the amount of money they make off of those morphs. They have the money to take those chances though. I know of a big breeder that took an african animal in for about 70k and wasn't able to reproduce it yet...bred but no babies like it. That's a chance that they are willing to take to make the amount of money they make. Brian brought in the first pin for around 60-70k I believe? and in his first year sold 2 for I think 30k...and he also sold 4 the next year in daytona for 25k a piece...now why would he feel foolish if he made about twice his money back in basically 2 years and from now on any pinstripe that he produces and/or sells is almost nothing but profit?
I seem to remember Ralph selling a leucy for 175k...that one may have had some trading behind it though since it was sold from breeder to breeder...
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Re: Most Expensive Ball Python Morph Sold
Originally Posted by Royal Morphz
Whaaaaaaaaaaat Baker is that rich I'm gonna have to hit that fool up for a loan LOL
He spent all his money on that sweet Prius
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Re: Most Expensive Ball Python Morph Sold
Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
I can remember hearing that the first Crystal Ball went for 100+K but that was second knowledge.
That's not true.
Originally Posted by Luke Martin
He spent all his money on that sweet Prius
That's kinda true..
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Re: Most Expensive Ball Python Morph Sold
i remember seeing an add years and years ago for $100K but i forget what morph it was, i think it was the only one at that time
i think rdr had lesser plattys and butters listed for like $75K a couple years ago
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It's all about supply and demand so costs go up and down. I'd like an expensive snake like an albino they used to be over 600 but now I got one for 325. The price has dropped. I can't keep track of what's more expensive pumas are still in the high 1000's but its all about supply and demand.
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Re: Most Expensive Ball Python Morph Sold
Originally Posted by strykerX
It's all about supply and demand so costs go up and down. I'd like an expensive snake like an albino they used to be over 600 but now I got one for 325. The price has dropped. I can't keep track of what's more expensive pumas are still in the high 1000's but its all about supply and demand.
Puma's range from 5-7K depending on look and what not, Sunset's will be the next big money mover. see you mention Albinos for $600.00 reminds of spending that for a het male, or seeing Pinstripes for 3500.00 each, or Pieds for 8K my how the mighty have fallen..
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Do you know if those blue eyed lucys are still that expensive??
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Re: Most Expensive Ball Python Morph Sold
No most BEL's have gotten un the 1,000.00 mark which breaks my heart cause there aren't a ton of them being produced still..
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