Real Ivory Hand Carved Dragon Jewelry Box?

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by RyanH, Jan 29, 2016.

  1. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    Are you in the US or the UK? You cannot sell ivory in the US
     
  2. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

  3. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

  4. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    In Europe, UK, and Oceania (or at least Australia, where I live) the sale and ownership of antique ivory is legal.
     
  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Ya...but it's the Chinese that are stimulating the trade in illegal Ivory.
     
  6. RyanH

    RyanH New Member

    I read youre allowed to as long as you have documentation proving it was before the 1970's or something.
     
  7. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    Don't get involved in ivory laws. I've read dozens of sources and I've seen dozens of answers.

    I think as a *GENERAL RULE*...and I serve this information with a generous chunk of rock-salt...

    PRIOR-1947 = legal to own, legal to sell, etc. No paperwork required. Ivory prior to this date is generally considered to be "Antique ivory" and therefore nobody really cares whether you have paperwork or not - it's old, so you plainly didn't go out last week and de-tusk Dumbo for it with a shotgun.

    POST-1947-1970-something (I forget when) = Legal to own, sell, etc. But you need paperwork.

    POST-1970 = Legal to own/sell ***DEPENDING*** on what the ivory is, and where it came from. I know for a fact that you can still buy perfectly legal ivory straight razors, ivory figures, ivory pocket-knives, etc, which are all made of mammoth ivory and so-forth. And they're being bought and sold quite legitimately by manufacturers online.
     
  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I wouldn't try it on Ebay though; they freak at the use of the word, never mind the real deal. I've heard of dealers having ivory sweaters being yanked. The fossil stuff should never cause problems; if it was dead before humans got across the Land Bridge, it's not on anyone's endangered species list. That doesn't stop the folks at Ebay of course.
     
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  9. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    According to eBay, you may sell items which have *SOME* ivory in it, but it can't be made of ivory.
     
  10. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    That's what they say, but I know some people whose listings weren't allowed to complete because they used the word ivory in the title - as a color description.
     
  11. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Meanwhile, it's listed as one of the color options by Ebay itself.
     
  12. all_fakes

    all_fakes Well-Known Member

    The ebay bots are not very smart, and appear to have no human overseers. They'll pull listings that have no actual rule violations, while allowing others that do.
    I know someone who was unable to sell some old dishes because the name of the chintz transfer pattern was "Tiffany."
     
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