If this is really ambergris, it could be worth a lot:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/ny...erland&emc=rss

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!

Mark Thorson wrote:
> If this is really ambergris, it could be worth a lot:
>
Mark, do you ever do anything except look up weird items online? Perhaps
you help Jay Leno's staff on 'The Tonight Show' for things we found on eBay?
If not, could be a future career for you

Jill

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
>
>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.

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Mark Thorson wrote:
> > If this is really ambergris, it could be worth a lot:
> >
> Mark, do you ever do anything except look up weird items online? Perhaps
> you help Jay Leno's staff on 'The Tonight Show' for things we found on eBay?
> If not, could be a future career for you

I'd like to see Jay show up at this woman's house
and ask to see the alleged ambergris. And bring
along an "expert" (me with a fake mustache and
accent) to evaluate it as the "finest grade,
worth $2000 a gram".