[meteorite-list] Ot ebay reporting?

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:38 2004
Message-ID: <3EE9692F.8040600_at_fascination.com>

Dear List;
Yup, antique, and/or pre early 70's is pre embargo (think it was 73). I
have some.

I seem to remember in the news in the past month or two that certain
African nations are again able to sell (through government outlets) new
ivory. The logic (through the UN...the most logical entity I
know...Not), decided if the elephants were already poached and the ivory
(numbering in the thousands of tons) was already harvested and the
crooks paid with their lives that it was ok for the starving country to
sell the ivory to help them out, instead of burning the large warehoused
collections. I want to think that some of the moneys generated were
earmarked to go back in to protection and game preserve work.
Now if you want ivory, get some of the Mammoth ivory, or Walrus or other
"old" ivories that can be had rather reasonably.

So, depends when it was harvested and where
.
Dave F. (who was really honored to carve a small piece of pre embargo
elephant ivory.)


Sharkkb8_at_aol.com wrote:

>
> 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
Received on Fri 13 Jun 2003 02:03:27 AM PDT