Quote Originally Posted by Evin View Post
I think you are lucky it's not tortoise shell because if it was real from what I understand of the laws at present if you wanted to sell it to an over seas buyer it would need to be certified by CITES if it was not it would be confiscated by customs at the border. Its the same with Ivory and the rules are tight too.
And I never sell genuine ivory on the bay...honest! I always just list it as 'a creamy white organic material relating to pacaderms that is definitely not bone...!' Most people can tell pretty much just by pics as the keratin grain of Schraeger lines is often apparent...well I can anyways if it is elephant ivory.