eBay "liquidated" my antique blade!

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Originally Posted by Sajen

Accept my apology or don't—that is entirely up to you. You state that, according to the label, the keris dates back to 1809; did plastic materials even exist back then?
Ivory of some sort always needed a CITES certificate, sadly. When you had been informed you should have known this.

And as a collector, I assume that you knew full well that it was, in all likelihood, ivory. In this case, it makes absolutely no difference whether the seller knew this or not. Ignorance plays absolutely no role in this instance.

It wasn't an apology, so there's nothing to accept.

I have a 19th century Moro kris with a replacement component made from plastic or resin of some kind - in any case, you read what I wrote before: for all I know, I thought the whitish-coloured material could be modern replacement parts.

If I had known what it was and I had all the information, I would have applied for the CITES permit(s).

You keep (plainly) asserting that I am ignorant, so explain to me (third time I've asked): What is the procedure for applying for a CITES permit, which requires specifying the listed species in question, when you do not know if the material in question is even of an organic nature?