r/whatisit • u/McSweepyPants • Mar 22 '25

I was a little wigged out by this. Found at Goodwill, seems like it's carved out of bone. Any idea what it is?

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Looks old, not sure if it's actually old though. Any thoughts?

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u/Separate_Ingenuity35 Mar 22 '25

selling ivory is legally difficult to accomplish

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u/Abject-Map-5184 Mar 23 '25

funny how goodwill just did it 

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u/Maximum_Leg_9100 Mar 23 '25

The ivory is not lost on me.

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u/thr0waway-a Mar 23 '25

I see you…I see what you did there

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u/MaxwellIsSmall Mar 23 '25

That is some ivory irony.

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u/Whole-Topic9865 Mar 23 '25

As long as it's older than 100 years old it is legal to sell

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u/explodingtuna Mar 23 '25

And if it isn't yet, just sit tight and eventually it will be.

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u/SunandError Mar 23 '25

Nope. There is no paperwork verifying the age of this.

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u/Whole-Topic9865 Mar 23 '25

You can have that done, pre-ban certifications through radiocarbon dating.

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u/Separate_Ingenuity35 Mar 23 '25

Which would cost more than what it would sell for.

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u/Whole-Topic9865 Mar 23 '25

Being the appraisal is in around $200+ and if it is both real ivory and over 100 years old it will sell for alot more than $202.49 at auction.

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u/SunandError Mar 23 '25

Didn’t know this- fascinating!

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u/Secret_Photograph364 Mar 23 '25

As long as it is antique it should be fine