First, let me say that I stand behind the protection of Endangered Species. Period.
But…Gillette and other manufacturers, DEs and Straights, were making Ivory pieces 100+ years ago, long before there were such protections on animals.
I’ve been looking up the rules to see exactly what current rules might be, and two stand out – Ivory weight less than 200 grams (7 oz - I haven’t found any that are more) and 50% more in Ivory value. That second one is very subjective.
Ebay won’t touch ivory at all, so it’s hard to buy or sell. B&B’s Buy-Sell-Trade, perhaps?
“The sale of African elephant ivory items across state lines (interstate commerce) is prohibited, except for items that qualify as ESA antiques and certain manufactured or handcrafted items that contain a small (de minimis) amount of ivory and meet specific criteria.
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To qualify for the de minimis exception, manufactured or handcrafted items must meet (i) or (ii) and (iii)-(vii) of the following criteria:
But…Gillette and other manufacturers, DEs and Straights, were making Ivory pieces 100+ years ago, long before there were such protections on animals.
I’ve been looking up the rules to see exactly what current rules might be, and two stand out – Ivory weight less than 200 grams (7 oz - I haven’t found any that are more) and 50% more in Ivory value. That second one is very subjective.
Ebay won’t touch ivory at all, so it’s hard to buy or sell. B&B’s Buy-Sell-Trade, perhaps?
“The sale of African elephant ivory items across state lines (interstate commerce) is prohibited, except for items that qualify as ESA antiques and certain manufactured or handcrafted items that contain a small (de minimis) amount of ivory and meet specific criteria.
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To qualify for the de minimis exception, manufactured or handcrafted items must meet (i) or (ii) and (iii)-(vii) of the following criteria:
- If the item is located within the US prior to January 18, 1990, or was imported into the US under a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora pre-Convention certificate with no limitation on its commercial use;
- If the item is located outside the US, the ivory was removed from the wild prior to February 26, 1976;
- The ivory is a fixed or integral component or components of a larger manufactured or handcrafted item and is not in its current form the primary source of the value of the item, that is, the ivory does not account for more than 50% of the value of the item;
- The ivory is not raw;
- The manufactured or handcrafted item is not made wholly or primarily of ivory, that is, the ivory component or components do not account for more than 50% of the item by volume;
- The total weight of the ivory component or components is less than 200 grams; and
- The item was manufactured or handcrafted before July 6, 2016.