Ebay Male “Grey with blood stained eyes” Rare or not?

Well, it’s hard to say. He probably is unique but his value may depend on what happened to his eyes. The griffin looks like one of the “Silver Wolf” griffins that Windstone sells. They are out of stock at the moment.

Male Griffin – Silver Wolf color

The eyes should be plain grey. The eyes on this either are not original, meaning the original eyes have been removed and new eyes substituted by an owner, or there was a mistake painting the eyes. I believe that Windstone buys unpainted eyes and then adds the color to them.

It probably would be best to ask Susie about this. She is the Windstone customer service person and should know if any other “Silver Wolf” griffins have peculiar eyes. Her email is susie@windstoneeditions.com

In the end, the decision about value probably is yours. If you want to own a unique piece and don’t care if the eyes might have been replaced, or like owning one with a factory mistake (assuming that is what happened), AND are happy with the price, then you probably should buy him. Otherwise, you always can put your name on the “Waitlist” for the “Silver Wolf” male griffins.

That seems excessively high for a Silver Wolf male griffin. Something odd is going on with the eyes, but that doesn’t warrant the price they are asking.

I strongly suspect some kid got at the one eye with a red sharpie, thus why there’s red on the sculpt near the one glass eye, and no red on the other eye. It’s not rare, it’s technically “damaged”. It’s been up there forever.

I had a careful look at the images on this listing and enlarged them to examine on my computer, and while it’s not impossible that a weird griffin made it out of the factory (as Melody said), it truly does look like the color is on the surface exterior of the glass eye… very much like someone took a red marker or transparent paint to it, then tried to remove it. It’s why there’s a ridge of color closer to the interior of the eye, where it’s harder to wipe off. I personally would consider it damaged and probably worth less than a new one, unless provided with evidence to the contrary.