Balinese, and the secondary market. Can we *avoid* having a round 2 of this?

[Nocshadue Balbozar]

That's a really good point Dev..it all comes down to supply and demand I guess. As long as there are breeders willing to pay a lot to be the first ones breeding the new traits and the ones who got lucky and discovered them are willing to sell we'll have a bit of insanity whenever something new shows up. I remember when I got the sublime..I didn't sell the first few as I wanted a breeding pair..but then I did auction some. It was nice to have a few extra L$, though they never went for anything near what the Bali furs commanded lol. But it didn't take long for the eyes to spread out through the market and of course, the value dropped and leveled off based on how recessive the eye is.

The problem I think is in how we as consumers react to new traits. The first thing we want to know is "How recessive is it?" Because we have learned that recessiveness = value in the market. Recessive has it's place but maybe it would be looked at again. Please correct me if I am wrong on how this works...but my thinking is that is it possible to get say a Bali Flame straight from a starter? Maybe...if things like that were introduced differently..say..giving all other Bali's a small chance to produce a Bali Flame or something it may take some extended breeding to get it to show and it would be a great surprise. There may be good reason why that wouldn't work..just saying..it's a thought.

I remember the Nacht's talking recently about when the first Bengal Snows were found..I can't remember the breeder's name but was told it was a loooooong time before any were sold. And it was also a while it seems before anything more recessive showed up..I guess it was the RFL's from last year that introduced something more recessive if I remember right.

Point is....I think we place an inflated value on recessiveness. It is very useful for breeding of course and..all the cats are lovely to look at..but it's us...the people doing the buying and selling that decide what has value and what doesn't. To me...Rare means a lot more than Recessive

With all I have had going on in RL lately, I have been out of the loop for a bit and did notice that many many shops dropped their prices on kitties that were highly sought after before my brief hiatus. I have decided to just work on a few projects for my own pleasure, keep my little stall stocked with some good boxes and give up trying to figure it all out lol.

Hugs,
Noc