Ciao,
just a comment form Italy about prices.
You can surely find a puppy from "normal" parents at 800-1.000 euros.
Not many people are "into" the correct wolfdog breed thinking so they don't ask for Bontiation or HD free etc.
Most only ask for son of champion (which means almost nothing...)
In Italy there are many many buyers.
In Italy "wolves" are very fascinating (like in other countries) so many people love to think to have something like a wolf in their living room...
I was like this at the beginning, I must confess. Who knows me knows that today I have changed (mostly thanks to this and other sites).
If more people knew about the breed, surely prices would be lower for some parents and higher for others...just like in germany for German Shepards.
Some breeders sell at 1.000-1500 euros (the 2 most important ones in italy...).
Good salesman can sell one of his dogs at 2.500 euro like Margo said.
Don't forget that in slovakia you can buy a good puppy for 250 euros, but if you are not slovakian price can be double (500!!).
Similar is the situation in Czech I believe.
Of course the price of a puppy depends on the country were you come from mainly.
It costs surely more to grow up a dog in Italy than in Slovakia.
Vet and food costs, objects for the dog, money to pay for destroyed objects (...), travelling to slovakia for summer camps
Also dog shows: I pay 30 euros in italy for a dog show (average)
Example: In slovakia I bought a muzzle, those very good metal ones, for 750 sk (around 3.5 Euros).
In Italy I bought a very bad cloth one for 10 euros
Ciao again
Massimo