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Completely useless, etched & bejewelled elephant tusk:

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...aign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link

Give it time to load. There are a lot of high res pix.

 

Good heavens!

 

I wonder how this comes to be on the market, and what impact the fact that it is ivory will have. If it meets the estimates, the final price will be about a million euros (minimally). I suppose if you have that kind of money you can make the connections to see the rules bent. Anybody know what the rules are with respect to ivory in Germany?

 

There is nothing else to say but just WOW!!!!

 

How can one bid without knowing what value one is bidding against!!!! OR am I missing something!!??? EDIT.....well, I did just see the auctioneer's overall estimate.....count me out!!!!!!!!!!!! But it IS STUNNING!!!!!

 

I’ve got it on watch

 

Oh the gorgeous thing ! I should be so rich as to have these sort of pretties cluttering my house!

 

The piece probably has the documented provenance that would make it legal to sell anyplace ivory sales are not banned completely. It carries evidence of the time of its 16th century making in its own decoration. Some things just are not likely to be Chinese knockoffs, although there is probably a good chance this will go to a Chinese buyer, as much as a number of museums would no doubt like to have it.

 

Fascinating, beautiful and shocking all at the same time. Love it, hate it .

 

In the end it went unsold:

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-...utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=lot_abandonment