Elephant ivory, is it legal to sell?

[HappyHunter]

I horse traded for some nice elephant ivory stocks a few years back.

Does anybody know of trouble selling these?

Thanks for any input,

Fred

 

[pawngal]

Depends on where and how you would sell, eBay, absolutely no.
Gun show probably not.
GB probably not.
Private face to face sale or more horse trading OK.

 

[Autococker07]

I understand that eBay has their little rules, but is this an IA thing about not selling at gunshows? (I have seen Ivory stocks here in FL at shows).

I have seen it claimed on GB (never confirmed it was real, but the auction seemed to not get pulled...)

As far as I understand, preban Ivory is still a free trade commodity, but there is scare of some ban that will make interstate trade illegal..... There are some sites that sell Ivory grips that have more details.

 

[-db-]

Searches will show ivory is currently selling and has sold recently on eBay, GunBroker and the forums.

 

[model70hunter]

I don't own Ivory stocks nor grips, would love to have a pair for my 1966 Colt National Match. But unless they were made before 1914 and documented, as if they had 100 year foresight, any sale, use, donation is now against the law.

Go to this link.

New Ban on Ivory | Latest News | Latest News | Kovels.com

 

[pawngal]

Searches will show ivory is currently selling and has sold recently on eBay, GunBroker and the forums.

Not all ivory comes from elephants.
The most highly regulated is African Elephant Ivory.
Try selling an Ivory item on eBay and telling that it is
real elephant ivory and see what happens.

 

[pawngal]

Here is a link to the total information, good luck wading thru it.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - International Affairs

 

[Kinman]

How does one ascertain whether or not any item made of ivory is pre-ban?

 

[ATF]

Elephant ivory is legal to sell within the US provided it is pre-ban ivory, pre 1989. You will need documentation to back this up. It is absolutely forbidden to import or export it. It is governed by CITES CITES

 

[pawngal]

Elephant ivory is legal to sell within the US provided it is pre-ban ivory, pre 1989. You will need documentation to back this up. It is absolutely forbidden to import or export it. It is governed by CITES CITES

That is it a nutshell. Emphasis....Pre-Ban, pre 1989.
YOU MUST HAVE DOCUMENTATION!
No paper trail, not legal.

Also, California walks to the beat of a different drummer on Ivory so check that out also.

 

[Onomea]

Here's a pic:



Elephant ivory is beautiful. I do believe in protecting elephants from extinction, but I also believe in making art from their tusks.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

How does one ascertain whether or not any item made of ivory is pre-ban?

It will have the flash suppressor and bayonet lug.

 

[jdlii]

Only in Alabama because the Tuscaloosa down there!

Make sure that you have elephantal consent.

 

[boatme99]

I wouldn't mind buying some ivory, but I can't afford to feed the elephant.

 

[BruceHMX]

I purchased this Model 39 with elephant ivory grips on Gun Broker in December. My Son had made Eagle Scout and I thought it was appropriate. In the ad it was stated the grips were made by Saul Weisenfeld over 25 years ago. The ad had run multiple times.

The State of Virginia recently had a bill in Senate to ban all ivory in Virginia it was strongly defeated.

 

[boatme99]

Nice 39!
I wish I still had mine.

 

[alwslate]

I saw in the paper today that the government of Kenya just burned
15 tons of confiscated elephant tusks. Lot of potential grips there.
Kinda makes you wonder sometimes.

 

[moralem]

I saw in the paper today that the government of Kenya just burned
15 tons of confiscated elephant tusks. Lot of potential grips there.
Kinda makes you wonder sometimes.

Like burning the tusks is really going to teach the poachers a lesson and deter them from killing more. How has that been working out for them?

 

[Poke]

It is 100% legal to own, sell, trade (unless CA, NJ, NY). For now anyway. Someone mentioned documentation. CITES only relates to import/export. Grip documentation gets a little odd because when the tusk are cut up its much harder to document each little piece. Essentially if you get a set of grips and you want to move to another country then back your not allowed.

Did you know you can still import sport hunted ivory? http://www.fws.gov/international/pdf/factsheet-import-leopard-elephant-sport-hunted-trophy-2013.pdf

Boone Trading Company -

Tons of misinformation running around.. Especially in this thread.

I ran into this trying to sell a spare set of 1911 grips I had. The OMG thats illegal internet lawyer neckbeards came out of the woodwork.

Side note here is you some material to drool over...

N Frame Ivory Presentation: S&W N-Frame Presentation Elephant Ivory grips


Or how about some other N Frame grips:
S&W N-frame Ivory hand checkered grips

 

[HappyHunter]

Poke,

THANK YOU!

Boone trading company link most helpful.

Fred