1500, must have been a Clarion Angel. Price is not too bad for that fish. Usually that is where the bidding starts. Japanese Dragon Moray goes for about the same price, where as the Hawaiin Dragen goes for around 1000. I will own a clarion one day. I would also spend probably 2000 on it. Some of the foremost experts say that the Clarion Angel once established has to be beat with a stick to kill. The reason for its price is because of range restrictions. They are most common in an are of the Baja Penisula, that is illegal to collect in. Only ones that come out of that area are legal to obtain, hence the high price.