ATG letter: No compensation after ivory ban comes into effect

MADAM – The government’s ill-conceived attack on antique ivory will likely mean that two pieces in my home – a 19th century Cantonese puzzle-ball chess set and my wife’s Corpus Christi acquired shortly after our marriage 50 years ago – now have no value in probate.

We will receive no commensurate financial compensation.

The dialogue of the deaf being concluded,…

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