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For a set \(\Gamma\) put \(\Sigma(\gamma)= \{x \in R^{\Gamma}: x(\gamma)\not=0\}\) is countable\(\}\). A compact Hausdorff space \(K\) is called Valdivia compact, if there is a homeomorphism \(h\) of \(K\) into some \([0,1]^{\Gamma}\) such that \(h(K) \cap \Sigma(\Gamma)\) is dense in \(h(K)\). \textit{M. Valdivia} has found [Rev. Mat. Univ. Complutense Madr. 10, No. 1, 81-84 (1997; Zbl 0870.54025)] an example of non-Valdivia space which is a continuous image of some Valdivia compact. In the present paper the author shows that similar spaces could be found among the unit balls \(B_{X^*}\) of some dual Banach spaces \(X^*\) endowed with the weak-star topology. He shows that, for the space \(X=C[0,\omega_1]\), the corresponding dual ball \(B_{X^*}\) is Valdivia compact with respect to the weak-star topology. On the other hand the author proves the following Theorem. The dual unit ball \((B_{Y^*},w^*)\), where \(Y=C_0[0,\omega_1)\), is not Valdivia compact. This means (Corollary 1) that there exists a Banach space \(X\) and a closed subspace \(Y \subset X\) such that \(B_{X^*}\) is Valdivia compact in the weak-star topology but \(B_{Y^*}\) is not Valdivia compact. The corollary 2 from the paper shows that there exists a Banach space \(X\) with two equivalent norms \(\|.\|_1\) and \(\|.\|_2\) such that \((B_{(X,\|.\|_1)^*}, w^*)\) is Valdivia compact but \((B_{(X,\|.\|_2)^*}, w^*)\) is not Valdivia compact. The corollary 3 states that the space \(C_0{\l}_brack{}0,\omega_1)\) has no countably 1-norming Markuševič basis. The latter follows immediately from the above theorem and the observation (Lemma 3) that, if a Banach space \(X\) has a countably 1-norming Markuševič basis, then the dual unit ball \(B_{X^*}\) endowed with the weak-star topology is a Valdivia compact space.