I don't think rarity alone automatically translates to higher prices. There has to be *demand* to support the prices. Why

is there demand?? I think that's what Jeff's analogy is alluding

to.



Thanks,

Ed



>>It's pretty simple economics, actually. Yes, greed is involved, but if something is rare, it commands a high price. If someone has a monopoly, they can command a high price. If it's rare *and* there's a monopoly, you see ultra-high prices. With ball pythons, the rarer/newer morphs exist in exactly that situation. Often only one breeder has them at first, especially if it's a newly discovered mutation and/or a multi-gene combo.

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>>Until others start producing them (usually a few years later - BPs take a while to grow and then breed), they're able to charge very high prices because there's nowhere else to get them, and of course there's demand both from other breeders who want in on the profits and collectors/people who just think they're pretty and have too much money and too little sense.

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>>0.1 Albino Leopard Gecko - Tigger

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