The reason Boar, or Horse for that matter are so reasonably priced is because they are perceived as starter or bottom of the line brushes. If they came out with a $200 Boar would many folks buy it? Probably not unless it had something really special about it. They can charge $300 and more for a Badger because they know folks will buy it. If people stopped buying Badger lets say because of some health scare like Badger Mange which is transferable to Humans and causes your face to fall off the stuff would disappear and I guarantee you they would find something else as "premium" and jack up the price.