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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 2618612, member: 4654&quot;]It&#039;s often amazed me the difference in prices between the US and UK, typically in the UK we have for more antiques per capita and prices are normally cheaper but more and more these days I find I&#039;m buying from the US and paying the cost of postage + import duty and still getting them cheaper that I could buy in the UK. I do try and buy items that are fresh to the collecting market ie items that not many people know about yet, items that have a very specialized market. When I first started I bought Anglo Indian items but now these are very sort after and the cost has gone sky high. I now try and focus on endangered species, clearly I wouldn&#039;t buy something new but there are only a finite amount of antiques made from such materials like ebony, of course you can still buy ebony but the cost is very high, so high you wouldn&#039;t be able make the cabinet above and still have change from £300 or so. Real lignum vitae is another and then you have all the items that come from animals although these will probably become illegal to sell here in the UK soon unless you have a exemption permit. I have been through my collection and my ivory box may become illegal to sell but the UK has said.............. &quot;Rarest and most important items of their type. Such items must be at least 100 years old and their rarity and importance will be assessed by specialist institutions such as the UK’s most prestigious museums before exemption permits are issued. In addition, there will be a specific exemption for portrait miniatures painted on thin slivers of ivory and which are at least 100 years old.&quot;........ I don&#039;t know if my box will qualify?&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]271730[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]271731[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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