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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 222314, member: 25&quot;]The CITES rules prescribe 1947 as permissable in international trade (dependent also on local laws). You&#039;d have to refer to state and federal laws to see what is acceptable where you are.</p><p><br /></p><p>The picture is quite good compared with the rubbish pictures many people post, don&#039;t worry about that.</p><p><br /></p><p>The big problem with ivory objects nowadays is that they are financially and in some cases ethically out of fashion, with legislatures craving brownie points enacting all sorts of laws about the stuff. If you cannot display the thing without having a hoard of enraged elephant fanciers camped outside your shop, any amount is too much. If I was offered it, unless I had some specific customer in mind, I&#039;d pass on it. Massachusetts law may call it legat today, I don&#039;t know, but they may make it illegal tomorrow.</p><p>I will buy fine antique ivory carvings for my own appreciation, but I&#039;d not fancy that for home decor. Just a lot too tusky.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am inclined to think the tusks are real, they have different curvature you&#039;d not find if they were some material made for looking like tusks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also note that some laws distinguish between worked and unworked Ivory, with differing rules. This object may count as unworked ivory, which is generally more strictly regulated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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