by ani.choudhary on July 1, 2014
If you browse through the variety of mammoth ivory products, you might be surprised with the associated price. However, the effort that it takes to excavate and salvage fragile mammoth ivory tusks from the permafrost along with the cost to the artist, mammoth ivory is affordable priced. As the retreating permafrost exposes mammoth skeletons, more mammoth tusks are available for sculpting and making jewelry. As per current statistics, Russia exports about 10 million tusks to China each year but within a few years, the supply will dwindle and mammoth ivory would be rarer.
And no doubt, it is a lucrative trade with mammoth tusks selling at $550 per kilogram. The fact remains that mammoth ivory is a limited resource with only a certain number excavated and some of the resources under the permafrost. Once that is depleted, there isn’t going to be any more as wooly mammoths died out and are an extinct species. However, as mammoth ivory is the only legal ivory which means that o animals are killed or harmed due to its use, it is always in demand. This demand propels the price.
But mammoth ivory is not fossil ivory even though fossilization has just started. For fossilization or petrification, it takes over a few thousand to millions of years before the buried material turns to fossil. The fact is this ivory is a limited resource; rare and fragile apart from the intense demand worldwide for legal ivory are a few of the considerations that drive the high prices of mammoth tusk ivory.
by ani.choudhary on June 8, 2014
Sure, why not. Mammoth ivory is the only LEGAL ivory in the world that is legal along with fossil ivories. Though one of the most popular ivory, it is in limited quantities and is being depleted every year. However the questions I whether you would like to sell the mammoth ivory collectibles that you have at an auction or online or whether you want to enter the trade?
If you are looking to sell your new purchased mammoth ivory sculptures online, there are various websites that lists them. You can browse online and see if that suits your requirements or list them on popular retail websites like ebay.com. But if you are planning to start your own store or purchase raw tusks for sale, it requires financial funding as each tusk is sold by its weight, which can run into thousands of dollars for each. Most people who collect mammoth ivory products are art connoisseurs and either sell them privately or trade them within a select community.
Other pieces of exquisite antique mammoth ivory sculptures are sold at auction houses such so if you think you have an exquisite piece of mammoth ivory that needs to be sold, contact a local art appraiser and he would be able to tell you the ballpark price of the sculpture or tusk that you want to put for sale. Additionally, if it is rare and exquisite that was crafted by a master sculptor and commands a very high price, you can get in touch with the top auction houses to sell it. But if you are looking to add a few more mammoth tusk ivory pieces to your collection, check out an elegant and unique range at http://www.mammothivory.info
