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I was googling budgie related things this evening and came across this page...

 

http://users.tpg.com.au/stirlo69/How_Much_...udgie_Worth.htm

 

I was wondering whether anybody has ever seen a photo of a budgie worth $10,000?? I'd be most interested!!

 

Thanks for posting that!

Interesting reading! There was three albino's that went for $12.000 last year.

 

 

Sometimes these things become a ego thing between the top breeders!

And not really a indication of a birds value.

 

As I have said in other posts, top show birds don't always make good breeders.

A lot of money to just sit on the perch.

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I was googling budgie related things this evening and came across this page...

 

http://users.tpg.com.au/stirlo69/How_Much_...udgie_Worth.htm

 

I was wondering whether anybody has ever seen a photo of a budgie worth $10,000?? I'd be most interested!!

 

Thanks for posting that!

Interesting reading! There was three albino's that went for $12.000 last year.

 

 

Sometimes these things become a ego thing between the top breeders!

And not really a indication of a birds value.

 

As I have said in other posts, top show birds don't always make good breeders.

A lot of money to just sit on the perch.

I agree , It sometimes becomes a power trip, And your right that top priced bird never breeds well??

It's amazing what people will pay. At a Bull auction an Angus bull sold for $82,000. Most sell for $2000-$3000. And these guys breed well, its the sole purpose they are bought really, for their breeding value.

It's amazing what people will pay. At a Bull auction an Angus bull sold for $82,000. Most sell for $2000-$3000. And these guys breed well, its the sole purpose they are bought really, for their breeding value.

 

That's sounds like a load of Bull! :hap:

 

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I was googling budgie related things this evening and came across this page...

 

http://users.tpg.com.au/stirlo69/How_Much_...udgie_Worth.htm

 

I was wondering whether anybody has ever seen a photo of a budgie worth $10,000?? I'd be most interested!!

 

 

I believe the author later corrected that article so that it read $6,000. However, I was at the auction and it was in 1992 for a Cobalt cock which had won the National that year. Remember, English birds had been on the scene only a few years and many people had outlaid a fortune getting into them so prices were still high. It was also a deceased estate and contained many nice birds. Bidders arrived from all over the country and the bidding was keen. Three guys sitting beside me spent $21k, $11k and $1,400 whereas I spent a paltry $290 :hap:

 

Oh, and who bought the $6K bird? Well his initials go a little like HG :D

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