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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4516009, member: 2844"]Agree.</p><p>Antique ivory items were made in a different time, when people regarded such things differently and often had no idea what was involved.</p><p>The elephants that once bore the magnificent tusks those items were carved from died long ago. We can't bring them back. But we can admire the beauty of antique objects carved by artists for whom ivory was simply a precious material.</p><p><br /></p><p>We know better now. Or should know better.</p><p>Ivory is still big business, especially in East Asia. Elephants are still being killed, illegally, for the manufacture of 'antique' netsuke, puzzle balls, etc. The people who kill them are heavily armed criminals. Brave wildlife guards are being killed while trying to protect the elephants.</p><p><br /></p><p>We occasionally see recently bought post-CITES ivory netsuke here on Antiquers, and it is painful to see. Sure, they were bought out of ignorance, but this is one of those cases where ignorance kills.</p><p>If you don't know much about netsuke etc, please don't buy them. Admire antique ones in museum collections. You don't have to own everything you like.</p><p>If you buy post-CITES ivory, you are funding the killing of more elephants and guards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4516009, member: 2844"]Agree. Antique ivory items were made in a different time, when people regarded such things differently and often had no idea what was involved. The elephants that once bore the magnificent tusks those items were carved from died long ago. We can't bring them back. But we can admire the beauty of antique objects carved by artists for whom ivory was simply a precious material. We know better now. Or should know better. Ivory is still big business, especially in East Asia. Elephants are still being killed, illegally, for the manufacture of 'antique' netsuke, puzzle balls, etc. The people who kill them are heavily armed criminals. Brave wildlife guards are being killed while trying to protect the elephants. We occasionally see recently bought post-CITES ivory netsuke here on Antiquers, and it is painful to see. Sure, they were bought out of ignorance, but this is one of those cases where ignorance kills. If you don't know much about netsuke etc, please don't buy them. Admire antique ones in museum collections. You don't have to own everything you like. If you buy post-CITES ivory, you are funding the killing of more elephants and guards.[/QUOTE]
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