Collectors who own genuine antique ivory sets can apply to DEFRA for an exemption certificate. Proof that the chess set is part of 'Cultural Heritage', along with other information has to be ...

Antique shows and the internet have created ... I have a simple and cheap ivory chess set which I purchased in England while my family lived there more than 40 years ago. Alas, I have no proof ...

From walking sticks and small carvings to chess sets and jewelry, antique dealers are left with few options for selling or disposing of ivory items they invested in. International commercial ...

Queensland Police are appealing for public assistance in finding a 17th-century, hand-carved ivory chess set stolen from a house in Brisbane's eastern suburbs. The antique was stolen from a ...

My great-uncle brought this ivory chess set back with him from China ... “Some people only collect Staunton sets or antique sets,” says Floyd Sarisohn, a founding member of Chess Collectors ...

The warder is set to be sold by Sotheby’s on July 2, with the lot’s current estimate at £600,000 to £1 million, or $760,000 to $1.2 million. The walrus ivory and whale teeth chess pieces ...

An early Indian lacquered ivory figural chess set is one of the highlights of the Chess and Games sale taking place on May 1 at Bonhams, Knightsbridge. With the Kings as elephants, the rooks as ...

The company said it defines antique as pre-1900 and added that items containing a significant amount of ivory, regardless of age, such as ivory chess sets, broaches and jewellery are not permitted ...