Some albinos, hypos, ghosts or whatever it may be are better than others. Selective breeding has alot to do with market price, if I or someone else bred hypos or albinos... etc.. for great color I wouldn't expect to get them as cheap as some that are going to be less attractive as an adult.

I saw a lot of hypos this season that were pretty cheap, but There are also hypos that are pastel hypos or just nice looking selectivly bred for great colors and they hold a better market price.. I'm not saying that there aren't some realy good deals out there, there are.. but 9 out of 10 times the folks with a premuim price have got a little more thought and time into their project. I'd rather go with those boas, just because of the fact that there is less risk of getting a pretty baby that grows up to be semi fugly..

In the long run I think the average looking morphs will become more affordable, where the ones that have been bred for specific traits will probably go up as they get nicer looking. There are still tons of combos of designer morphs that have not been crossed, and even more new morphs that have not been produced yet. Boas are not as far along as cornsnakes or ball pythons due to the fact that they are a bit more difficult to breed, and just haven't been bred as much.
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Ed Lilley, www.constrictorsnw.com

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• Market Value........ - ajfreptiles, Sun Oct 9 09:12:16 2005
• Not so quick there Andy... - damian_67, Sun Oct 9 09:42:10 2005
• RE: Market Value........ - Morgans Boas, Sun Oct 9 09:43:06 2005
• RE: Market Value........ - aetienne, Sun Oct 9 09:58:35 2005
• RE: Market Value........ - chicagopsych, Sun Oct 9 11:24:08 2005
• Totally agree.. - DavidKendrick, Sun Oct 9 12:06:24 2005
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• I think you get what you pay for...more- - PanamaRed, Sun Oct 9 12:14:39 2005
• RE: Market Value........ - Ruben14, Sun Oct 9 12:24:29 2005