Oh my. Some boy just struck it rich out in the tundra!

I've always thought a really large mammoth tusk (or pair) would look exceptional in a trophy room.

A good friend of mine sold a pair of mammoths each over 10 feet in the over 40K range.

I suspect he could get some more if the demand and money is there.

Is this pic a fake??

It looks too clean, undamaged, etc to be 40,000 years old. It has an almost metallic hue to it.

Also, he doesn't seem to be struggling too much to hold which is probably close to 200lbs??

So cool!

http://ngm.nationalgeographic....rbugaeva-photography

Find ivory is from Russia.

I saw the picture when it came out.

Mammoth carving at the Grand Lisboa hotel in Macau. Everything else art wise was work over $10 mil.

There is real value for this asset.

Mike

Importation of mammoth ivory into the US banned. I was told it was customs people might not tell the difference from modern elephants.

Dave

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Originally posted by nopride2:
Importation of mammoth ivory into the US banned. I was told it was customs people might not tell the difference from modern elephants.

Dave

I'm fairly sure that is not correct. Can you source the ban regulation or law?

I passed on a chance to buy a mammoth tusk for $600 when I lived in Alaska. Dumb. Passed on a Hal Hartley .338 Win Mag for $3000.

God for a time travel machine and a chance to hunt Mammoth.

In the immortal words of Quint, "At home we got a taxidermy man, he gonna have a heart attack, when he sees what I brung 'im!

Damn, was wondering where I left that

Imagine how big the Mammoth would be to carry that without gragging it on the ground.

Yes I hope it is real. Yes, I would like to have seen him too.


I had a custom knife made with the scales being mammoth ivory.

my brother brought some back from Siberia, he was doing consulting work at a mine there.

He was told by customs that it was legal. That was about 15 years ago though.

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Originally posted by Gatogordo:

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Originally posted by nopride2:
Importation of mammoth ivory into the US banned. I was told it was customs people might not tell the difference from modern elephants.

Dave

I'm fairly sure that is not correct. Can you source the ban regulation or law?

My information came from a friend. He has been importing mammoth ivory for years. He told me it's no longer available due to being banned.

Dave

You can buy it online from knife material suppliers in the US.

Why the hell would it be banned.....the species is extinct!

Blair, you gotta understand, our own USFWA is run by Nitwits.

From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's current website: "What other types of ivory are used, and how will they be affected by these actions?
These actions will not affect ivory derived from other species such as walrus, warthog, hippopotamus, mammoth and mastodon. Asian elephant ivory is already regulated under the ESA and CITES. Ivory derived from toothed whales is already regulated by the ESA, CITES and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Strict application of the definition of antique may limit some Asian elephant and whale ivory trade. See the section about antiques for more information."

Watched a documentary some time ago about trying to clone these mammoths. What an incredible beast!

I believe that there are two looney tune states that have banned mammoth ivory by state law-New York and New Jersey. I'm surprised that California hasn't jumped on that bandwagon of insanity.

There may be two tusks about this size and a skull for sale that I know of. If you are interested PM me and I will pass on your details to the owner. They ain't cheap.
Cal

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Originally posted by nopride2:
My information came from a friend. He has been importing mammoth ivory for years. He told me it's no longer available due to being banned.

Dave

Muck Fe.

I have a very wealthy mate who collects sets of A grade (complete, no fill) blue mammoth ivory and last time I spoke to him he was negotiating to purchase the third and last pair.

Personally I would prefer a new bright red Ferrari. Does not have to be bright red though.

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Originally posted by fairgame:
I have a very wealthy mate who collects sets of A grade (complete, no fill) blue mammoth ivory and last time I spoke to him he was negotiating to purchase the third and last pair.

Personally I would prefer a new bright red Ferrari. Does not have to be bright red though.

Like this one Andrew?

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Originally posted by Jerry Huffaker:

the world record Mammoth tusk,a singel tusk was sold in moscow to a business man from Kazakhstan,it was a single tusk of 137.6 kilos,long thick and prehistoric,today its not possible to find african elephant tusks of 110 pounds-50 kilos.

Oooh, knife handles. Well, maybe not now.

Folks the laws on this is a mess. Last year Obama took his pin and made an executive action banning ivory. All of it. Then it got fought against, then NJ did pass a law banning it. Then they busted an old lady selling jewelry that had a bit of mammoth, fined her and took the jewelry. Now there are several states going on enact a ban on it if we cannot get it stopped.
I can look it up and tell you right where it is currently as it is still all messed up as to what and who. Right now you can send to some states and some you cannot. Overseas, No.
Let me know if you want me to post the current status.
I have been working with knife rights and the ILA trying to get the fossil ivories exempted but so far it has not been stopped.
Under the current law you can possess your piano with ivory keys but you cannot sell it.

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:

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Originally posted by fairgame:
I have a very wealthy mate who collects sets of A grade (complete, no fill) blue mammoth ivory and last time I spoke to him he was negotiating to purchase the third and last pair.

Personally I would prefer a new bright red Ferrari. Does not have to be bright red though.

Like this one Andrew?

What can I say and that is extremely kind of you.

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Personally I would prefer a new bright red Ferrari. Does not have to be bright red though.

So you want to race your Ferrari to and from Lusaka in 180 km/h while navigating around the potholes...?