Just announced today. Ban to be enforced beginning January 2009. Ivory chips?!?!?

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eBay's Ivory Ban: Why It Happened and What It Means

http://www.pcworld.com/article/152582/ebays_ivory_ban_why_it_happened_and_what_it_means.html

.... ....... The new policy goes into effect in December and will be enforced beginning in January. eBay will continue to allow antiques that contain only small amounts of ivory on the site, specifying that only items made before 1900 will qualify. Anyone violating the ban, execs promise, can expect to pay the price. ..... .......

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list of articles:
http://news.google.com/news?q=eBay+ivory&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&hl=en&sa=X&oi=news_result&resnum=4&ct=title

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EBay bans ivory commerce from site

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/21/america/ivory.php

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Ebay to ban sales of ivory products in January

... ... .Exceptions for some items with small amounts of ivory, such as pianos, will be made, though the items must have been made before 1900.

Items that have a large amount of ivory, regardless of their age, will not be permitted for sale. These would include chess sets, ivory broaches and ivory jewelry. .... ........

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hew9KCUG_C93EiXu_D9EoCHveYuwD93UHUO80

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eBay discussion board thread on topic:

http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=520036068&tstart=0&mod=1224633670237

Robert