No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers ***NO POLITICS
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter


Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting~The Pen and Quill

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum~ Fermenter's Forum


~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~


Minnesota Trapline Products
Please support our sponsor for the Trappers Talk Page - Minnesota Trapline Products


Print Thread
Hop To
Page 1 of 2 1 2
Selling Furs to Sears #7349951
09/07/21 08:02 PM
09/07/21 08:02 PM
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,477
PA
M
Marathon Offline OP
trapper
Marathon  Offline OP
trapper
M

Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,477
PA
My neighbor gave me some old trapping books/catalogs and this was one. [Linked Image]
Anyone here ever sold fur to Sears?

Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7349968
09/07/21 08:21 PM
09/07/21 08:21 PM
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,271
james bay frontierOnt.
B
Boco Offline
trapper
Boco  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,271
james bay frontierOnt.
I remember buying some traps from sears back in 67 or 68.
A number 4 vic double long spring,a number 14 jump and a 110 conibear.
Previous to that I was buying traps at the local hardware store.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Boco] #7350049
09/07/21 09:13 PM
09/07/21 09:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,296
East-Central Wisconsin
B
bblwi Offline
trapper
bblwi  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,296
East-Central Wisconsin
I bought a dozen 1 Victor single long springs back in 1957 from Sears to run by pocket gopher "long line" with my single speed $5 bike. Could have been my most profitable trap line I ever ran, did it for 3 years and got up to about 18 traps! Got .25 cents per tail from the township and most farmers gave me a nickel or a dime. Never thought about it before but I guess I was a "GOBMENT" TRAPPER THOSE DAYS.

Bryce

Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350060
09/07/21 09:21 PM
09/07/21 09:21 PM
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 2,042
SE Kansas
K
K52 Offline
trapper
K52  Offline
trapper
K

Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 2,042
SE Kansas
Got four # 4 Victor double longs for Christmas in 1968. Picked them out of the Sears "Wish Book" and my mom & dad got them for me. Those were the first NEW traps I ever had and I still have one hanging in my shop.

Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350069
09/07/21 09:26 PM
09/07/21 09:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 12,987
Central Pennsylvania
Nittany Lion Offline
Don't call me Mister, Mister
Nittany Lion  Offline
Don't call me Mister, Mister

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 12,987
Central Pennsylvania
I sold my first season's catch to them, 12 muskrats, I do not recall how much I got for them, but they said they were poorly handled, lol. My mother made my older brother help skin them. He did not skin the head out, he cut it off at the neck. It is a wonder I got anything for them.

Last edited by Nittany Lion; 09/07/21 09:27 PM.

I got myself a seniors' GPS.
Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination,
it tells me why I wanted to go there.
Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350110
09/07/21 09:50 PM
09/07/21 09:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 9,154
Alaska and Washington State
W
waggler Offline
trapper
waggler  Offline
trapper
W

Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 9,154
Alaska and Washington State
A fact that many might not know is that the actual company buying the fur was Silberman's. They operated under the banner of "Sears". They ran their operation in later years out of Medford Wisconsin, well into the '80s, maybe even into the '90s.

Even though all the other major fur people operated out of NYC, Silberman's operated out of Chicago.


"My life is better than your vacation"
Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: waggler] #7350116
09/07/21 09:55 PM
09/07/21 09:55 PM
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,477
PA
M
Marathon Offline OP
trapper
Marathon  Offline OP
trapper
M

Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,477
PA
This is cool stuff. I like looking at the old books etc.

Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350143
09/07/21 10:24 PM
09/07/21 10:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,005
Oregon
beaverpeeler Offline
trapper
beaverpeeler  Offline
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,005
Oregon
My dad sold townsend mole skins to Sears shorty after WWI. He got about 10 cents for them which was darn good money at the time.


My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350147
09/07/21 10:28 PM
09/07/21 10:28 PM
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 6,547
NC, Orange Co.
QuietButDeadly Offline
trapper
QuietButDeadly  Offline
trapper

Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 6,547
NC, Orange Co.
One of our members donated some of his Dad's trapping books and catalogs to our Convention Auction a few years ago. The big hit at the auction was a blank Sears & Roebuck Fur Tag that was in one of the books.


Life Member: NCTA, VTA, NTA, TTFHA, MFTI
Member: FTA NRA NWTF
Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350214
09/08/21 12:06 AM
09/08/21 12:06 AM
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 2,581
sometimes PA sometimes ME
E
ebsurveyor Offline
trapper
ebsurveyor  Offline
trapper
E

Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 2,581
sometimes PA sometimes ME
Back in '57 i was selling to Sears. Either '57 or '58 was their last year buying.

[Linked Image]

Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350215
09/08/21 12:10 AM
09/08/21 12:10 AM
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 2,581
sometimes PA sometimes ME
E
ebsurveyor Offline
trapper
ebsurveyor  Offline
trapper
E

Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 2,581
sometimes PA sometimes ME
[Linked Image]

Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350217
09/08/21 12:12 AM
09/08/21 12:12 AM
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,623
alaska
3
3 Fingers Offline
trapper
3 Fingers  Offline
trapper
3

Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,623
alaska
Very nice that you have those notes still !! And in cursive too. : )

Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350272
09/08/21 06:43 AM
09/08/21 06:43 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 12,987
Central Pennsylvania
Nittany Lion Offline
Don't call me Mister, Mister
Nittany Lion  Offline
Don't call me Mister, Mister

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 12,987
Central Pennsylvania
Sears started to publish their Tips to Trappers with the 1926-1927 season, they mailed the booklet to customers that shipped them their fur. They continued the booklet until 1958.


I got myself a seniors' GPS.
Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination,
it tells me why I wanted to go there.
Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350279
09/08/21 06:57 AM
09/08/21 06:57 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,641
Williamsport, Pa.
J
jk Offline
trapper
jk  Offline
trapper
J

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,641
Williamsport, Pa.
I sold all my rats to a local furrier in Union NJ in the 50's the rest went to sears. I saved all my paper work, heck I saved everything, but we had a fire while my parent and I were at my college graduation ceremonies. Nothing left. I still save most everything. We had a lot of rats in those days. On the firs day or two I would check my 20 traps three times a nite. Usually got one or two on the way home from setting........jk


Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter
Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350332
09/08/21 08:47 AM
09/08/21 08:47 AM
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,271
james bay frontierOnt.
B
Boco Offline
trapper
Boco  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,271
james bay frontierOnt.
We had a few options for selling fur here back in the 70's.
There was a local buyer at the hardware store-Ratcliff was his name.
There was the North West Company in the basement of the bay store.They would buy direct or consign your fur to NAFA.
There was a travelling buyer from out west that would come by a few times during the season and set up at the motel.
And of course we had our own- The Ontario trappers assn auction house in North Bay.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350341
09/08/21 08:55 AM
09/08/21 08:55 AM
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 179
Wisconsin
lindner115 Offline
trapper
lindner115  Offline
trapper

Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 179
Wisconsin
That old journal is awesome!!

Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350369
09/08/21 09:42 AM
09/08/21 09:42 AM
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 586
central IA
B
bodycount Offline
trapper
bodycount  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 586
central IA
Sold my first rats to Sears back in the early 50's when I was a kid. They said they were matted. Did not wash all the mud out or dry them before skinning and stretching. Received poor price.

Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350378
09/08/21 10:01 AM
09/08/21 10:01 AM
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,271
james bay frontierOnt.
B
Boco Offline
trapper
Boco  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,271
james bay frontierOnt.
Your rats may have been good bodycount,- matted fur is hard for a grader to evaluate properly, so they go in the poor pile.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350403
09/08/21 10:37 AM
09/08/21 10:37 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,387
Iowa
P
PaulB Offline
trapper
PaulB  Offline
trapper
P

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,387
Iowa
Shipped a lot of furs to Sears back in the 1950’s,,,,here are a few of their grading sheets,,

[Linked Image]




Re: Selling Furs to Sears [Re: Marathon] #7350409
09/08/21 10:45 AM
09/08/21 10:45 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,387
Iowa
P
PaulB Offline
trapper
PaulB  Offline
trapper
P

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,387
Iowa
Sears tags and a 1933 tips to trappers [Linked Image]
[Linked Image]




Page 1 of 2 1 2
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread