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Originally Posted by Jim DiSpagno
Some years back under the Obama administration, they were requiring the removal of ivory beads at auctions under some BS law on ivory and its origin. Several guns up in Maine had removed beads prior to shipping. A damn shame
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James D. Julia Auctions in Maine did that as well.
And it wasn’t just sight beads, it was ivory grips on handguns and other ivory accoutrements on antiques of all kinds.
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