“Chiswick Auctions has been fined in court following the sale of an elephant artefact which was ruled to be in contravention of the law on the sale of ivory.

The item, “an antique carved ivory tusk worked as a train of elephants”, was sold two years ago by the auction house to a dealer. Chiswick Auctions said it made a genuine mistake dating the ivory prior to its sale.

The item was spotted on sale at Portobello Market by special constables from the Wildlife Crime Unit during a raid on the market and taken off for forensic examination, which dated the ivory to an elephant that died in the 1960s. Under the law only ivory dated pre-1947 is allowed to be sold.”

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Source: www.chiswickw4.com