Of all 13,000 objects in the British Museum that are made of ivory, the Lewis Chessmen are perhaps the most revered. The exhibit is easy to spot among the numerous display cases in the museum’s ...

The UK’s Court of Appeal has dismissed a legal challenge from antiques dealers trying to reverse the country’s near-total ban on ivory trading. The Ivory Act passed into law in December 2018 amid ...

An heirloom bronze elephant with ivory tusks, great-grandmother’s piano with ivory keys, a vintage ivory chess set or an antique silver teapot with a small ivory inset in the handle to keep it cool ...

An heirloom bronze elephant with ivory tusks, great-grandmother’s piano with ivory keys, a vintage ivory chess set or an antique silver teapot with a small ivory inset in the handle to keep it cool ...

This spring has seen greater restrictions on the ivory trade in the United States, and while conservation groups and those concerned with the shocking depletion of the elephant and rhinoceros ...

Colin has been writing about the ups and downs of the global art market for 29 years. A regular contributor to a number of notable art world publications he writes The Daily Telegraph’s weekly Art ...

Born Free actress Virginia McKenna has hit out at the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow over its decision to continue to show objects made from ivory. The Government plans to ban the sale of all ivory items, ...

The Government plans to ban the sale of all ivory items, with older objects currently permitted. China, one of the world's biggest markets, recently announced it was closing down its domestic market.

Of all 13,000 objects in the British Museum that are made of ivory, the Lewis Chessmen are perhaps the most revered. The exhibit is easy to spot among the numerous display cases in the museum’s ...

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