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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 351204, member: 22&quot;]Back in 1992 I acquired a large piece of ivory tusk that had been carved into intertwining African animals.</p><p>There was no www internet then so I photographed it and sent the pictures to the African tribal art department at Sotheby`s. asking for information and&nbsp; a valuation.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reply I got said that it was not 100 years old and not antique so they would not be able to put a value on it.</p><p>No one would buy it from me at antique fairs, so I ended up swapping it for a pile of old coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even 26 years ago Ivory was a touchy subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>I`ve never found another piece in all the clearances I`ve done, so the ban will not really bother or affect me.</p><p><br /></p><p>footnote.</p><p>Interestingly the guy from Sotheby`s, (I never forgot his name)</p><p>Jean-Baptiste Bacquart. now has his own Art Gallery in Paris.</p><p>Gallery Bacquart[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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