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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 1204381, member: 8267"]A world wide ban on the sale of tortoiseshell went into force in 1975, following the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). By the 1980s, Fish and Wildlife was probably trying to make a point of enforcing the ban. It seems to have worked.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is the same thing with elephant ivory now, although the more recent laws seem to have made better accommodations for historic objects (as long as there is documentation).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 1204381, member: 8267"]A world wide ban on the sale of tortoiseshell went into force in 1975, following the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). By the 1980s, Fish and Wildlife was probably trying to make a point of enforcing the ban. It seems to have worked. It is the same thing with elephant ivory now, although the more recent laws seem to have made better accommodations for historic objects (as long as there is documentation).[/QUOTE]
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