seal skin sporrans

[wvpiper]

Anyone in the US have a seal skin sporran? I ask b/c it's my understanding that it's illegal here. I see them for sale all the time, but not for shipment to the US.

[Fedgunner]

I have a semi-formal, but it was imported before the ban on seal skin.

[JolyStNicholas]

Does anyone know if the ban covers Antique Used Sporrans too?

[csbdr]

I won a wonderful one on ebay, antique, but the seller refused to send it once they found I was in the US. I don't know the regs on antiques, but that was my experience.

[ForresterModern]

Senator, I have no recollection of owning a really beautiful speckled brown and white sealskin dress sporran.

[GDub]

Seems to me it's banned for a reason. Why would anyone want one after the fact.

[skauwt]

i have a brown seal skin sporran i wasnt aware of them being illegal thanks for the information ,im hoping to take the other half to florida at some time and the last thing i would want is to be stopped at customs with one in my suitcase

[pastorsteve]

It appears that the ban is part of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. The EU has now also passed a ban on the import of seal skins as well as other countries. I haven't found evidence that posession of seal skin is illegal however, if import has been banned for 37 years, I would assume (read I'm not a lawer so I don't really know) that ownership of seal byprodcts manufactured, or imported, since that time are also illegal. That's why I purchased a muskrat skin sporran instead.

[The Barry]

As far as I know, wearing is legal, shipping them into the US is illegal.

But I'm no lawyer.

[JolyStNicholas]

Was delivered by a very dear friend from the UK..It's early to mid 50's.