Ivory Cue balls
- Thread starter SlowGuns
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Seriously, first show us some pictures, and some of us can likely tell you if what you have is real ivory.
Gosh…..shipping across state lines is fine……..it is the sale or purchase……transfer of ownership……that’s the issue.
There are 50 states and only a handful have adopted any ivory ban restrictions. Possession of ivory is also legal in the
states adopting bans. Ever hear of the Volstead Act? In the United States, any laws restricting the sale of ivory sale are
enacted on a De Facto basis, not Ex Post Facto. That why you could still legally drink booze after passage of the Volstead Act as long as you bought it before midnight the day before the law took effect. It was the manufacture, sale & transportation of alcohol that Prohibition banned, not consuming alcohol you possessed before the law’s enactment As the cues in my collection should attest, I’ve studied the subject closely since my pool cues are rather unique and very important to me.
Most ivory billiard balls will fall under the ESA antique exemption. (100 years old and documented) However there are 13 or so states that have zero tolerance for ivory sales and dictate heavily on what you can do with any ivory you have.
J. V.
J. V.