Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Tatiana]
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02/18/23 04:27 AM
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It will be interesting to see the averages of the various sections. I can't remember the particular section; maybe Yakutia?? that usually sell at prices similar to Alaska sables.
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: walleye101]
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02/18/23 10:12 AM
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Are they selling in US dollars? Yes, as always. Their Ruglish is more or less intelligible most of the time, so you can hear that almost all lots were sold, and a lot of the prices they are voicing are very good. This year is a major improvement compared to last year, which was disastrous. It is also interesting that unlike many trappers, many of whom didn't even bother to trap sable this year because of how disheartening, financially, last year was, local buyers across Siberia somehow knew and anticipated the increase well before the December auctions (both Sojuzpushnina and Ruspushnina) and the price they've been offering to trappers more than doubled in many cases, i.e. it's been well ahead of the inflation. Everyone in the trapping community is wondering where the fur is going, because the sanctions and embargoes cut off some of the major buyers, including Italy and Greece. Overall people here seem to agree that it's good news, meaning there is still a good market for fur... somewhere in the world 
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
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02/18/23 10:25 AM
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I clicked on the link, sale must be over and it was replaying. I heard sable a few times but other than that I have no idea what they were saying  Also I am going to have to google sable because I thought that was an African critter that is mostly black with big horns  The man on day 2 of the auction spoke fairly good english - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWZbrnOAkc0&t=161s
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Tatiana]
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02/18/23 10:30 AM
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So what are we looking at here? 4 lots of 4 each, 2 unsold, 1 sold for 135.00 (per skin presumably?) and the lot of 4 silver sable bid at $184???
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Tatiana]
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02/18/23 10:43 AM
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Drasselt, 184 is the lot number. Thanks for posting Tatiana.
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
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02/18/23 10:59 AM
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Drasselt, 184 is the lot number. Thanks for posting Tatiana. Right Its early here lol
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Tatiana]
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02/18/23 11:02 AM
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So what are we looking at here? 4 lots of 4 each, 2 unsold, 1 sold for 135.00 (per skin presumably?) and the lot of 4 silver sable bid at $184??? I'm not sure what 2.2 means in this particular grading system, perhaps tone/clarity, but 184 is the lot number, 4 is the color, on the Soviet state standard 2 to 7 scale, with 2 being the darkest, and 7 the lightest (now sometimes extended to 8 and 9, because of the increased demand for lighter sable, with the color 9 including albinos/canaries), and sil. is silvering/sedina, which is the same as sprinkling in the American grading system, which is graded from 0 to 5 (0 means no white guard hairs, 5 means half of all guard hair is white). A color 4, sil. 2 sable is among the most beautiful sable colors, actually, because it is instantly recognizable as natural undyed sable yet dark enough for the sedina to be instantly visible. Higher grades of sedina still command higher prices but subjectively such skins have a grayish, grizzly appearance, and are often not as pretty as grade 2 sedina, which looks like starry night  I knew the silvers were among the best, so this is a high-grade lot. Thanks!
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Tatiana]
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02/18/23 11:14 AM
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Siberian sables are still a pine marten, more or less, correct? Do they tend to be a bit larger than North American marten??
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Tatiana]
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02/18/23 11:54 AM
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^^^I love it when the biologists speak on here. How refreshing!
Thanks Tatiana for taking the time. I am thinking that there must be some correlation with a rebounding sable market and our apparent come back on high end western cats. Somebody has some money they want to spend.
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Tatiana]
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02/18/23 12:08 PM
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Thanks Tatiana in your explanation. My state doesn't have any martens because we don't have any real forests, except out in the western end in a low mountain area called the Black Hills. There may be some sort of population of pine marten out there, they are a protected species in the state, but few and far between. The closest martens to me is actually in northern Minnesota. I thing they're fairly thin up there as well, being on the southern or western end of the northern or boreal types of forests.
We have plenty of mink here, along with a couple of species of "actual" weasels but those are less seen as the mink. That's the closest we'll ever get to sables...
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: walleye101]
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02/18/23 04:18 PM
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Are they selling in US dollars? Euro's in the past maybe USD today. Google Sojuzpushnina and you can see the results, looks like the Kamchatka's did much better than everything else, especially the ranch goods.
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Tatiana]
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02/18/23 07:06 PM
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Here is a comparison of the skins from different "martens" or better yet; sables. The two skins in the right (americana and caurina) are from marten I caught and had tanned many years ago. They have oxidized and become much redder than they were originally. Starting from the left is a Martes martes or pine marten from northern Sweden, next is a Martes zibellina from Siberia Russia, next is a Martes americana from Alaska, and finally a Martes caurina from Washington. The second picture is their belly sides. The two most similar are the Alaskan and the Siberian. The pine marten is definitely the coarsest. I wish the Alaska marten hadn't turned so red. It was a beautiful dark chocolate brown originally. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2023/02/full-6517-169103-20230218_144957.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2023/02/full-6517-169105-20230218_145056.jpg) Here is a close-up of the Siberian skin showing some white hairs sprinkled in. Sometimes I get similar skins in SE Alaska. Two years ago I had one of those skins make it in the true "Top Lot" of 20 skins out of 60,000 at Fur Harvester's.
Last edited by waggler; 02/18/23 07:13 PM.
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Tatiana]
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02/18/23 07:19 PM
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BTW, I know it's a hard habit to break, but North American marten are not "pine marten". It irks me a little when I sometimes even hear biologists call them that. Calling them that is akin to calling a bobcat a Canada lynx, or visa versa.
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Tatiana]
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02/18/23 09:24 PM
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A lot of interesting information being shared. Good stuff.
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
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02/19/23 02:43 PM
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Did you grow up in a family that was involved in trapping, fur selling, fur markets, Tatiana? Nope, I'm a de novo imposter  I just try to learn what I need for my purposes, both in the woods and in the lab.
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Tatiana]
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02/19/23 05:56 PM
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It had a few sprinkles of bright orange.The dark ones always seem to have bright orange throat patch.
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Boco]
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02/19/23 06:44 PM
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It had a few sprinkles of bright orange.The dark ones always seem to have bright orange throat patch. Interesting; our darkest ones either have a white or cream colored throat patch, or practically none at all.
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Tatiana]
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02/20/23 08:42 AM
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So what are we looking at here? 4 lots of 4 each, 2 unsold, 1 sold for 135.00 (per skin presumably?) and the lot of 4 silver sable bid at $184??? I'm not sure what 2.2 means in this particular grading system, perhaps tone/clarity, but 184 is the lot number, 4 is the color, on the Soviet state standard 2 to 7 scale, with 2 being the darkest, and 7 the lightest (now sometimes extended to 8 and 9, because of the increased demand for lighter sable, with the color 9 including albinos/canaries), and sil. is silvering/sedina, which is the same as sprinkling in the American grading system, which is graded from 0 to 5 (0 means no white guard hairs, 5 means half of all guard hair is white). A color 3 or 4, sil. 2 sable is among the most beautiful sable colors, actually, because it is instantly recognizable as natural undyed sable yet dark enough for the sedina to be instantly visible. Higher grades of sedina still command higher prices but subjectively such skins have a grayish, grizzly appearance, and are often not as pretty as grade 2 sedina, which looks like starry night in a garment:) here's a close-up of a Yakutian color 4 sable with grade 2 sedina: Excellent explanation
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: waggler]
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02/20/23 12:38 PM
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Occasionally a white footed one is caught . I see that also. Had one this year. This thread is great
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Re: Ruspushnina fur auction
[Re: Tatiana]
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02/20/23 10:10 PM
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Get the odd one here with orange toes and white tipped tails. I take the smaller less desireable colours and tan them myself for private sale. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2023/02/full-21521-169388-dscf4720.jpg)
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