Reptile Pricing, selling, and the market

[BALLISTIC BOAS]

Love How The Market For Certain Things Can Change. Keeps Life Exciting. A Year Ago You Rarely Herd Of Sharp Albs Now They Are On The Front Page. I Love It. Now All We Need To Be Able To Do Is Predict The Next Page Turn And Have A Big Stock Of That Ready To Sell. Lol. I Talked To Mike At The Show Last Weekend And You Have To Give The Guy Props. He Had One Of The Nicest Boa Booths There. And All Of His Boas From The Most Expensive Down To Some Nice Normals Looked Fantastic.
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[JimiSnakes]

It's a good thing I took that risk awhile back and bought a trio of sharps hets huh? Who would of thunkit? I just thought they were way better looking than kahl albinos.

Brian Sharp himself sold off his Albinos during that period when PK's line exploded.

There is a little confusion with this. He sold off his Sharp Albino Colombians and now works solely with Suriname Sharp albinos. They sell for about 4000-6000 each.

[ssscales]

It's a good thing I took that risk awhile back and bought a trio of sharps hets huh? Who would of thunkit? I just thought they were way better looking than kahl albinos.


There is a little confusion with this. He sold off his Sharp Albino Colombians and now works solely with Suriname Sharp albinos. They sell for about 4000-6000 each.

I wish I would've seen this one coming!

Without a doubt Suriname Sharp Albinos are between $4000-$6000 and there aren't many around. Again, there's just not much demand for them with the masses and I personally don't know of anyone dropping that $$$ for them. Some even looked down on them. That all may change now!

I've only seen a handful of Sharp Albinos for sale from time to time and they've usually been for $1800-$2500 if I'm not mistaken.

[BALLISTIC BOAS]

Just To See If There Were Any Out There For Sale I Just Looked At Kingsnake And I Didnt See One. I Saw A Ton Of Kahl For Sale Though. I Think Now That They Are On The Climb I Bet People Are Going To Start Holding On To Them And Try To Breed As Many As Possiable.

[BALLISTIC BOAS]

Salmonboa.com Has Some Sharp Sunglows For Sale But They Are All In The 9000-10000 Range.

[JimiSnakes]

Matt, you should buy one.

[JimiSnakes]

Some even looked down on them. That all may change now!

That's been changing. This year they have gone crazy. Another thing we can owe Mike for.

[ssscales]

Like I said before, no one really works with Sharp line Albinos. Only a handful of people come to mind that own/breed Sharp line Albinos and they've never been in high demand. Every year for the past decade you'll see hundreds of PK Albinos come to market per dozen or so Sharp Albinos.

The mentality was....why pay $2500 for a Sharp line Albino when you could've paid $1000 for a PK? Why spend the $$$ on Sharp Albinos that no one was really interested in or moving Vs PK Albinos that were everywhere? This is why this year the market was overflowing with Albinos for $500 and you did not see one add on KS for a Sharp Albino or Het Sharp Albino.

The only reason you may see a shift, is the presence of the T+ associated with Sharp Albinos. If this is proven, which it looks like it will be..Sharp Albinos will grow in popularity and each year more and more and more will come to market. Little by little, year after year, you'll see more and more classifieds on KS with Sharp Albinos until they equal PK and eventual overcome them.

[ssscales]

That's been changing. This year they have gone crazy. Another thing we can owe Mike for.

I agree!
I would not doubt phones have been ringing off the hook with people trying to buy Sharp Albinos now! You may even see a spike in price this year and the next because of Mike!

Everyone that owns a Sharp Albino should take their hat off to Mike..

[JimiSnakes]

I hope so. All the "Jimmys" (boy I hate that nickname) of the Boa World have ruined the Kahl strain Albino market. Everybody thinks that if they sell them for cheaper than the next guy, they make the money. The problem is that; if they held out a little longer, they would still make the money (and probably more) over a longer period of time. But, nooooo...they gotta sell to sell, not to make money AND keep the market stable. They just want quick cash, I'd like to slap everyone of them silly. Whenever I see a albino go for less than 900 I cringe. Whenever I see a hypo go for less than 500 I spit. These people ruined the market for everyone over their own greed and it makes me sick to my stomach. If Sharp is the new line to have, I'm all over it...i just hope others don't ruin it too.