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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #30 on: July 15, 2012, 02:20:59 am »
Think that I wil wait untill I know more about the origine .  If it would be a dieppe made item the value would be a lot better I think . will let you know if the France museum will give me answer on my questions about them .

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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #31 on: July 15, 2012, 07:17:25 am »
Please do!
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« Reply #32 on: July 15, 2012, 09:59:01 am »
Yes !! Please come back and tell us what they say !!

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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #33 on: July 17, 2012, 10:38:44 am »
Just so everyone knows here since the ivory came up, it is NOT illegal to own Ivory. It is however illegal to sell it, a lot of auction houses here on the east coast have been getting items seized from them. Just don't want to see anyone get in trouble :)

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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #34 on: July 17, 2012, 06:11:08 pm »
It is actually not illegal to sell antique ivory. However the laws vary from state to state and it makes a difference if it is raw or worked. Here's an article that outlines some of this:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/chattanooga_200804A10.html

A lot of places do not allow the sale of ivory because you have to verify the age in order to verify that it was collected at a time when it was legal.
« Last Edit: July 17, 2012, 06:15:00 pm by talesofthesevenseas »
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #35 on: July 17, 2012, 06:18:42 pm »
I just read back through this thread after being gone a few days. Were you ever able to identify a double criss-crossing grain? There's no need to try more harmful tests if you can see that double grain. Ivory is also cool to the touch almost like a stone.
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #36 on: July 17, 2012, 06:28:17 pm »
I could not find any Tales,, only straight grain !!

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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #37 on: July 17, 2012, 06:37:21 pm »
I'm not seeing it in the photos either, but that is great that a hands-on assessment is being done.
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #38 on: July 18, 2012, 05:26:22 am »
So, without reading all the way back through this thread, double grain direction= ivory?
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #39 on: July 18, 2012, 06:17:02 am »
Yes it has a cris cross growth pattern !!

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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #40 on: July 18, 2012, 09:27:57 am »
Totally agree with Talesof.  It isn't illegal to own or sell ivory AS LONG AS YOU CAN PROVE THE AGE OF THE ITEM!!!!

I have some ivory pieces that I purchase from a museum going under in Russia....wouldn't sell them...but other than my word have no way of aging them if I did want to sell them. However, time is also a benefit...theh look gorgeous but refined in age.
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