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Re: Re: Re: Asian Ivory (?) sculpture ID help!!!

Posted By: Bill H
Posted Date: Aug 30, 2012 (01:19 AM)

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Legalities involved in selling ivory are manifold. In general, international trade in antique ivory moving to and from the the USA is legal under the CITES treaty but requires documentation of the item's antiquity. For the most part, sales of ivory imported into the USA before the CITES treaty came into force in the mid-1970's is legal without any special documentation, as far as I know. However, the State of California recently enacted a law prohibiting possession of ivory of any kind, antique or not, with the intent to sell it. If you are in the USA, the US Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of Interior is the enforcement agency for CITES.

Good luck,

Bill H.

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