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Antique tortoiseshell items like tea caddies that sold for $1,000-$1,500 in the 1980s-90s are now unsellable. Wildlife protection laws made tortoiseshell trade illegal, so rarity and age don't matter anymore.
Antique tortoiseshell items like tea caddies that sold for $1,000-$1,500 in the 1980s-90s are now unsellable. Wildlife protection laws made tortoiseshell trade illegal, so rarity and age don't matter anymore.
The third reason, and this one is a little bit crazy, but laws change. In the 1980s and '90s, a piece like this, which is tortoiseshell, and this is a tea caddy, a piece like this would have been again appraised for around $1,000, maybe even $1,500. It's kind of rare, but because it's made of tortoiseshell and the laws changed and now this is illegal, This cannot be sold at any price. Please subscribe so you don't miss any future videos.
