Endangered Species

MADAM – I refer to your Brexit article (‘No deal warning for CITES-listed items’, ATG No 2376).

New rules are now in force regarding the sale of those natural history specimens that require Article 10 certificates.

The laws surrounding antiques made with the parts of endangered species are subject to frequent change. Kim McDonald of The Taxidermy Law Company provides a refresher guide...

MADAM – F Segolini makes some interesting and valid points about the failure of alcohol prohibition in the US (Letters, ATG No 2373).

MADAM – Re: ivory ban. I would very much like to add my tuppence worth to this ongoing issue.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days including the sale of a CRW Nevinson study.

MADAM – Further to the distortion of ivory figures by separate piano keys (News, ATG No 2364): surely they are further distorted by the 32 pieces in a chess set, 144 pieces in a Mahjong set, or indeed the 23 balls in an antique snooker set.

An amendment to the ivory bill raised in the House of Lords will limit the powers of accredited civilian officers.

MADAM – We have a once fine upright piano in our salerooms, sadly rejected now at three successive sales.

MADAM – It is with some interest and concern that I read in ATG No 2362 of the new restrictions being proposed to government by BADA on the trade in rhino horn.

Dealer body BADA have called for a tougher stance in the run-up to wildlife conference.

Collectors and sellers of antique ivory are being told that the ivory ban is unlikely to become law before spring 2019, a longer lead-time than originally thought.

MADAM – I reply to the letter from Louise Ravula and Jane Alexandra (ATG No 2359) on a number of points they made about the antiques industry's attitude to the forthcoming ivory ban.