[meteorite-list] Ot ebay reporting?

From: tracy latimer <daistiho_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:38 2004
Message-ID: <Sea2-F11I5kOQ69EYyL00013775_at_hotmail.com>

Fossil ivory (mammoth, walrus tusk, etc.) is also allowable. There is a
scrimshaw shop up the road from me that specializes in carvings in those
materials.

Tracy Latimer

>
> knudson911_at_frontiernet.net writes:
>
> > Is it not illegal to sale ivory on ebay?
>
>I believe that there is a "cut-off" date of when the ivory items were
>produced. Since ivory was (unfortunately) a highly popular and commercial
>product
>for jewelry for so long, and so many exquisite antiques and family
>heirlooms,
>etc, existed before international efforts to ban it came along, I don't
>believe
>it is illegal to sell "antique" ivory. Only stuff produced since the bans
>have been enacted - and I'm not sure exactly when that was. (But I betcha
>somebody will come along momentarily....;-)
>
> Gregory

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Received on Fri 13 Jun 2003 02:37:30 AM PDT