In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:
>If this is really ambergris, it could be worth a lot:
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/ny...erland&emc=rss
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>I wonder what happened to it?
>
>According to Wikipedia, since 2001 it's no longer illegal
>to buy, sell, or import ambergris in the U.S.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris
>
>I'd like to get some!

One of my favorite paintings is John Singer Sargent's "Fume'
de Ambergris", picturing a Moorish woman inhaling big volumes
of ambergris vapor.

S.