There’s still a big difference between a very few very knowledgeable wizards hearing about it, and flaunting it everywhere he goes.
I’ve already outlined how a merely knowledgeable wizard can conclude with some degree of certainty that Moody became the owner of the Eye of Vance.
It only required specialist Ravenclaw research to obtain an extensive list of magical eyes. We don’t know how famous the Eye itself is.
What about signalling / intimidation?
There’s still a big difference between a very few very knowledgeable wizards hearing about it, and flaunting it everywhere he goes.
I’ve already outlined how a merely knowledgeable wizard can conclude with some degree of certainty that Moody became the owner of the Eye of Vance.
It only required specialist Ravenclaw research to obtain an extensive list of magical eyes. We don’t know how famous the Eye itself is.
What about signalling / intimidation?