Ivory sale/import/export and CITES

[Jens Nordlunde]

Yes Rick, you are right thet a well funded advocacy group that is international in scope would be very good to have on our side of the fence.
Could museums like the MET and National museums be interested in a project

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

Yes Rick, you are right thet a well funded advocacy group that is international in scope would be very good to have on our side of the fence.
Could museums like the MET and National museums be interested in a project

More likely major auction houses like Christie's, Sotheby's, Czerny's, etc. but I wouldn't hold my breath since even for them ivory items form only a very tiny fraction of their business.

Probably more realistically, we will have to deal with the problem ourselves on a individual "when needed" basis.

[silberschatzimsee]

https://www.antiquestradegazette.com...nasty-tea-set/

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by silberschatzimsee

https://www.antiquestradegazette.com...nasty-tea-set/

This is like a symphony of absurdity!

I can easily understand that some customs officers have no more brains than a goose, but I would have expected more from a judge. I guess I was wrong in my expectations!

We must have entered the last stages of decay of our civilisation since common sense appears to be consistently replaced with idiocy!

[Athanase]

Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

This is like a symphony of absurdity!

I can easily understand that some customs officers have no more brains than a goose, but I would have expected more from a judge. I guess I was wrong in my expectations!

We must have entered the last stages of decay of our civilisation since common sense appears to be consistently replaced with idiocy!

Your comment reminds me the film Idiocracy....

My parents have many ivory objects inherited from my grandfather who worked for a long time in Africa (before 1970). They are not to be sold, but the question arises as to the legality of the possession of such objects.

[silberschatzimsee]

Hey but at least the judge saved a few elephants and a couple of rhinos that day.

If one is really paranoid there could be a chance that he had his decision adviced from above and the teapots will be used to fund brexit.

[RobertGuy]

Originally Posted by silberschatzimsee

If one is really paranoid there could be a chance that he had his decision adviced from above and the teapots will be used to fund brexit.

So, going to a good cause at least