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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 10523259, member: 79705&quot;]Tortoiseshell that is not an antique is illegal to sell.* That&#039;s why people are vague about naming it, so they can get around site terms banning it (ebay) or to prevent any trouble from their government&#039;s trade authority. If you post here and identify the object as real tortoiseshell, then sell it, there is a chance that anyone could Lens your photos and directly find the thread where you discussed knowledge that it is regulated/banned tortoiseshell. Being vague or omitting knowledge in the listing itself will have no effect when a government entity can point directly to the very public place where you discussed knowing what it was.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said, I&#039;m paranoid. Likelihood of that happening is not high, but it&#039;s not zero either. I personally wouldn&#039;t want to find out if I &quot;won&quot; that lotto.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">*Illegal according to where you live, compliance with CITES (ie Japan says they are, but are not in practice lol), types of objects, how they were acquired, if you have paperwork which documents their age, if they are exported, interstate laws if in US, etc. etc. &quot;Your Mileage May Vary&quot; and all that. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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