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[email protected] +44 (0)20 7242 7624 www.koopman.art Consultation will be final step before Ivory Act is law by Laura Chesters Left: a silver A government consultation on the snuff box c.1740 minutiae of elements of the Ivory Act is engraved by Norbert required prior to the implementing of Heylbrouck Snr sold the new law. for €15,000 (£13,600) The Ivory Act 2018 – a near total ban on at Veilinghuis the trade of items containing ivory – is de Jager in Goes, expected to come into effect this year, or Zeeland. early next, after dealers and collectors of This scene depicts antique ivory were refused a final appeal by Apollo tending livestock as the Supreme Court last month. punishment for disobedience. The Act features a number of exemptions, The female figure added to the including: items containing less than 10% composition may be a reference to ivory by volume made prior to 1947; portrait Archduchess Maria-Elizabeth of Austria. miniatures made before 1918; sales to and between accredited museums; items ‘of outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value’ made prior to 1918; and Thank you for Continued on page 6 the royal pardon Aston’s to hold This 4in (10cm) silver snuff box signed by Norbert Heylbrouck Snr punishment was death but, thanks to its last auction offered for sale at Veilinghuis de Jager (d.1762).