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DMong
at Mon Apr 11 12:43:55 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
Yeah, I know exactly what you mean Jimmy. After a while of any type of snake or trait being out in the hobby mainstream for a while, people tend to treat something that was once extremely unique and special as almost normal, everyday occurrences after just a short time of being in the hobby. Yours were good examples of that. Some of the blinding "high-orange", and "peach" thayeri now days would have left most folks jaw drop to the floor in amazement years ago. Same with hypo Hondo's, and countless other things in the hobby now.
I remember in the early-mid 90's a SLIGHTLY "peach" colored thayeri would easily fetch $400 $500 bucks.
Nice hypo Hondo's that were simply "clean" and you could just see a noticeable reduced appearence to the dark rings would go for $1800 to $2000 bucks around 1995-96 as well. Now you hardly see any Tangerine Hondo's that AREN'T very clean reduced hypos, and they are considered common as rocks.....which they pretty much are..LOL!. At least the insane "extremes" are still a very sought after animal though. Mine are always sold before they even breed, which is great.
Anyway, yeah, things certainly change over time, and supply and demand govern all aspects of any trade in this world as we all know..LOL!
~Doug
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RE: Interesting Thayeri - DMong, Mon Apr 11 12:43:55 2011