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<p>[QUOTE="Darkwing Manor, post: 3685432, member: 738"]I've noticed a lot of sellers skirting that issues by describing items as "bone". Personally I feel the laws are very unreasonable, as documented antique items are not exempt. They should be grandfathered in, since the collecting of ivory was not illegal when they were produced. (Of course it should have been but that's a whole different issue). I have had museum and auction house staff tell me that they are having to remove piano keys and ivory insulators from tea sets in order to deaccession and sell them. This just adds insult to injury.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Darkwing Manor, post: 3685432, member: 738"]I've noticed a lot of sellers skirting that issues by describing items as "bone". Personally I feel the laws are very unreasonable, as documented antique items are not exempt. They should be grandfathered in, since the collecting of ivory was not illegal when they were produced. (Of course it should have been but that's a whole different issue). I have had museum and auction house staff tell me that they are having to remove piano keys and ivory insulators from tea sets in order to deaccession and sell them. This just adds insult to injury.[/QUOTE]
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