I have not seen the official results yet but heard that the Russia Sable sale was up 30% with good clearances around 95%.
A bit of positive news.
Dec was around under $50 US price with only 34% clearances.
This was a joint sale between the 2 Russia sable houses, Sojuzpushnina and Baikal

They have also announced that their spring sale in April has been moved into May.

Just to keep prices in perspective 2017 the sable averaged $120 US
But with all that has been going on this is good news, hopefully we have turned the corner.
Jim

I'm sending in a few heavy, dark marten this year, very curious to see how they sell, I'm hoping for $50, but wouldn't be surprised if more.

waggler are you sending them to FHA?

Yes, I plan to.
Do you know when the cutoff date is for the next auction?

I spoke to Keyo last week he said we are past the deadline for the next scheduled auction in April. The last receiving date is Apr17 for the June / July auction according to the schedule on their web site. I am thinking and hoping that that sale will be decent as far as prices are concerned for marten. This will be the first year I try them.

I sent 10 in for the first sale. Most dark/extra dark. 4 over 25", 4 about 23"-24", 2 21"-22".
Will see how they go.
This is for the first FHA auction.

Some official results;
https://sojuzpushnina.ru/files/files/results_joint__february_IFA.pdf