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checkmate675@hotmail.com wrote:

> In article <365f83b5.6814114@news1.ibm.net>,
>   revina@ibm.net (Rob) wrote:
> > f anyone has information on stores that carry high-end, collector
> > grade chess sets, I would appreciate it if you could let me know where
> > they are.
> >
> > I have a friend in Moscow, and her father is a well known artists.
> > Each year he travels to Siberia and selects one million year old
> > mammoth ivory tusks.  He returns to Moscow and begins the daunting
> >
> > He sells them for approximately $5,000, but I could see them selling
> > for $10 -15,000 retail.  The ivory alone has an inherent value.
> >
> > If anyone can point me in the right direction, it would be greatly
> > appreciated.  Thank you.
> >
> > Rob
> >
>
> Rob, I`ve been looking for an ivory chess set to purchase for myself. Do you
> have any pictures of your friends work? If so, please include sizes and
> dimensions. Regardless of whether or not he has any for sale, I`d still love
>

This, to me, sounds like a scam.

One million year old ivory?

Plus, ivory is banned from being sold in international treaty.

Eric