It must have been a fancy-colored dragon, or a breeding female. Ours aren't worth that much, and they're bigger.
. . . hope Christmas is proceeding apace? We are crazy here, I just finished baking 11 loaves of bread for the various priests, deacons and assorted hangers-on at church . . . and then delivered them along with a 3-foot crucifix from my late great-aunt in law's attic . . . . arggghghhh!