Another 2011 Defiant has shown up on eBay, this one with a ‘Buy It Now’ price of $3,000. The seller is accepting offers so it is likely to sell for less. Recent Defiants have sold from $1200-$1900.
Item number: 2953464849932011 USS Defiant, Star Trek, NYCC, RARE 2011 HALLMARK STAR TREK ORNAMENT Celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Star Trek with a Hallmark Keepsake ornament of the U.S.S. Defiant from “The Tholian Web.” This very rare Hallmark Christmas ornament features luminescent paint that allows the ornament to glow green in the dark. This RARE 2011 Hallmark Keepsake ornament was originally offered at the 2011 New York Comic Con on October 13-16, 2011. Production limited to only 700.
Update:
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A 2011 Hallmark Defiant has become available on eBay with an asking price of $1,775. Interestingly, the same Defiant originally had an asking price of $85.00 before being quickly taken down and relisted at the current pricing. The seller, past-treasures, obviously figured out what they had on their hands and made adjustments.
Original eBay listing:
Item description: Rare USS Enterprise 2011 ComIc Con Exclusives Star Trek Magic Hallmark Keepsake. Glows in dark. New in box
Current eBay listing:
Item description: Very Rare USS Defiant 2011 ComIc Con Exclusives Star Trek Special Edition Hallmark Keepsake. This was limited to 700 pieces and you will not find another one. Glows in dark. New in box
A 2011 Defiant ornament went up for auction in July that had a few red flags. The seven day auction was originally launched with a $350 “Buy it now” option. In less than 9 hours it had received three bids before it was listed as sold, six days prematurely, for $51. It seems the ornament was relisted on eBay by the original seller and sold for $299.
Well, I received an update today from the would-be buyer that explains how everything went down.
“This was a rip off. I bought the ornament from Nacho at first he ended the auction because he had a buy now at $350 so he ended it I paid $51 then relisted it for $299 so I was the same buyer both totaled $350 which was the buy now price. I waited 2 weeks and he never shipping it. I opened a case he then shipped it but it was not a 2011 Enterprise in fact it was a part for a RV. I don’t believe he ever had it. I got all my money back and left bad feedback warning others to stay away!”
-Stan S.
Fortunately, this buyer was able to get his money back. We appreciate him filling us in on the details.
A 2011 Defiant ornament went up for auction yesterday. The seven day auction was originally launched with a $350 “Buy it now” option. In less than 9 hours it had received three bids before it was listed as sold, six days prematurely, for $51.
UPDATE: It seems the ornament was relisted on eBay by the original seller and sold for $299. Things were certainly sketchy with this whole auction where it appears the seller tried to circumvent the system to maximize his profit. Little does the seller know, this ornament has been getting $1200 – $1900.
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Update:
Price reduced to $1,664.00 with new offer.Relisted price after ending unsold.Price reduced to $1195.95 with new offer.Relisted price after ending unsold (2/20).
There seems to be plenty of appetite for the 2011 glow-in-the-dark Comic-Con exclusive Hallmark ornament. The third U.S.S. Defiant in nine days was put up on eBay and sold for $1,779.95 in a matter of hours. All three ornaments were from the same seller.
Two Uhura Golds and two 2011 Defiants were sold this week on eBay by an individual (dus115) out of Valparaiso, Florida. Together, the four ornaments sold for nearly $7,500.
Hallmark 2009 SDCC Keepsake Ornament Lieutenant Uhura Star Trek COLORWAY Limited Only 450 produced Very Rare ornament. Ornament mint, ornament box in excellent condition (see pictures).Feb 9th auction description: Hallmark 2011 Keepsake Ornament SDCC NYCC Star Trek U.S.S. DEFIANT Mint in excellent condition box. This is a rare hard to find ornament.
Ornament mint. Ornament box in excellent condition see pictures. Any questions please contact me before purchase.
This is second defiant I’m selling.
This Hallmark Keepsake ornament was originally offered at the 2011 New York Comic Con.
“Celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Star Trek with a Hallmark Keepsake ornament of the U.S.S. Defiant from “The Tholian Web.” Features luminescent paint that allows the ornament to glow green in the dark.”
LIMITED QUANTITY: ONLY 700 PRODUCED!!
I did just sell two. Same buyer. I will put another up for sale soon.
HallmarkStarTrekOrnaments.com is affiliated with this auction.Hallmark 2011 Keepsake Ornament SDCC NYCC Star Trek U.S.S. DEFIANT Mint in excellent condition box. This is a rare hard to find ornament.
Ornament mint only taken out of box for inspection and photos. Ornament box in excellent condition see pictures. Any questions please contact me before purchase.
This Hallmark Keepsake ornament was originally offered at the 2011 New York Comic Con.
“Celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Star Trek with a Hallmark Keepsake ornament of the U.S.S. Defiant from “The Tholian Web.” Features luminescent paint that allows the ornament to glow green in the dark.”
LIMITED QUANTITY: ONLY 700 PRODUCED!!
Ornament will be packed well in sturdy box and shipped within a day of payment except for weekends and holidays. Shipping will be USPS priority mail insured with signature required. I ship only to lower 48 states.
UPDATE:
An offer of $1,650 was sent out to those who had ”watched” the auction.
SECOND UPDATE:
2011 Defiant sold for original asking price of $1899.95 plus $39.95 shipping.
Limited to a run of 700, the 2011 Defiant isn’t as rare as the 2009 Uhura Gold (450 units) but may be more in demand. The glow in the dark ornament doesn’t show up on second hand resell sites as often as the Uhura Gold, although one did sell in December for $1,899.99. One factor leading to the Defiant’s scarcity, there is a subset of Star Trek ornament collectors that only collect Hallmark’s ships and do not collect the Star Trek figures. And it doesn’t hurt that the Defiant has cool, glow in the dark action!
Retail: $32.95 2021 Secondary Market: $2,499.95 Size: 5 1/4” L x 2 1/2” W x 1 3/4” H Code: QMP4068 Quantity: 700
When I was a youngster one of my favorite cereal prizes were those that glowed in the dark. It was a rare day for any box of cereal to make it from the brown paper shopping bag to the cabinet before I ripped into the box to dig out my reward. When a box would show up with a glow-in-the dark prize it was an even bigger event.
It would be the same process every time: rip open the cereal box, plunge my grubby hands down into the box up to my elbows; first on one side of the box and then the other side. I remember that brief moment of panic when the prize would be hidden extra deep. Then my fingers would hit that familiar cellophane wrapper and the buried treasure would slowly rise from the depths, cereal spilling out across the table.
I would attempt to close up the box but it would now have that bloated center where the cardboard packaging had stretched out and the tab would no longer reach the slot on the opposite flap. But this was no time for food storage etiquette so off I would go, leaving behind the opened box of tomorrow’s stale breakfast. After a brief stop at the highest wattage in the house, my hands dangerously close to a light bulb, I was off to the darkest place in the house…the family bathroom. It was there that skeletons would magically dance in the mirror’s blackness, warning stickers would reveal themselves in all their glory, or spiders would come alive. The glow-in-the-dark technology was beyond that of rocket science to a six year old boy, it was magic.
Fast forward nearly four decades and Hallmark produces a repaint exclusive of their 2006 Enterprise ornament:
Commissioned in the mid-23rd century, the U.S.S. Defiant served as one of 13 Constitution-class starships that explored strange new worlds on behalf of the United Federation of Planets. In the classic Star Trek episode “The Tholian Web” (1968), the Defiant became trapped in an area of spatial interphase between universes, the properties of which gave the starship an eerie green glow before it was consumed by a rift to suffer an uncertain fate. This special edition ornament is one of 700 issued for and only available at the 2011 New York Comic-Con Event.
2011 Defiant Keepsake Box Text
Every Christmas season since 2011, Hallmark reintroduces me to the glow-in-the-dark technology of my childhood. When the Christmas tree lights go off at the end of a long day, the Defiant Keepsake remains glowing in the darkness of space and always bringing a smile to my face.
The glowing aspect of the ornament may not bring back childhood memories for everyone. The secondary market prices may put a stale taste in the mouths of collectors but this ornament does exactly what it sets out to do in the simplest of ways. No batteries. No cord. No Magic sound. No Magic lights. No Magic motion. Just good old fashioned magic, glow-in-the-dark magic, the magic of childhood.
NINE down, one to go. Next time we reach #1 on our Top 10 list.
Original Retail: $0.00 (Promo Give Away at NYCC, November 13-16, 2011)
Artist: Lynn Norton
Novelty: Glows in the Dark
Box Text: Commissioned in the mid-23rd century, the U.S.S. Defiant served as one of 13 Constitution-class starships that explored strange new worlds on behalf of the United Federation of Planets. In the classic Star Trek episode “The Tholian Web” (1968), the Defiant became trapped in an area of spatial interphase between universes, the properties of which gave the starship as eerie green glow before it was consumed by a rift to suffer an uncertain fate.
This special edition ornament is one of 700 issued for and only available at the 2011 New York Comic-Con Event.
Serial #: QMP4068
The ill-fated U.S.S. Defiant is from the third-season episode “The Tholian Web” and celebrates the 45th anniversary of the original “Star Trek” television series. Based on a 2006 Keepsake Ornament of the U.S.S. Enterprise, it features luminescent paint that allows the ornament to glow green in the dark as seen in the fan-favorite episode.
U.S.S. Defiant, STAR TREK™ – The ill-fated U.S.S. Defiant is from the third-season episode “The Tholian Web” and celebrates the 45th anniversary of the original “Star Trek” television series. Based on a 2006 Keepsake Ornament of the U.S.S. Enterprise, it features luminescent paint that allows the ornament to glow green in the dark as seen in the fan-favorite episode.
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