Whale tooth
Submitted by Tom M on Tue, 2019-03-05 17:58
Looking for some advice I have been given a sperm whale tooth, are there any laws on pocessing whale teeth? Any valuers aound to price them? Just add no scrimshaw all natural.
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Tom M
Pete F
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They are a protected species
They are a protected species so would be no different as to having White shark jaws. There was someone recently fined a pretty large amount for having a set of white shark jaws.
Not sure where you would stand if you can prove they were from an era when whaling was legal.
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Rob H
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There is a method to get
There is a method to get CITES approval.
They sell the teeth in Albany, I have a few
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ranmar850
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Christ, Albany had better look out.
Heaps of them around in private possession, scrimshawed or not, I don't you could realistically get done for private possession. " your honor, this fisherman obviously caught and killed a protected sperm whale from his 18ft runabout. No, really, your honor, how else could he have come into possession? "
Couldn't see it flying in a legal sense, somehow.
selling would be a different matter--if you did it publically.
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I also have one I bought in
I also have one I bought in Albany a few years back.
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they used to be found in
they used to be found in abundance under the old jetty. most would be long gone now or buried deep in the mud.
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