Saw a road kill mink today, normally would stop and pick it up, not today.

Glad I sold at our state auction instead of shipping.

I knew a big speculator and when both auction houses had an item they could not move, they would call him to clean the floor. He bought semi loads of fur and when the price went back up he sold it. He bought a closed beer brewery for the cold storage. He died a couple years ago. I am not sure if anyone has stepped up to take his place. He shipped semi loads of baled coon up to NAFA for the sale where people averaged $40-60. When he died I know it would have an effect on fur selling.

He sounds like quite the risk-taker!

He had worked as a fur broker in NY back when that was a thing. He didn't see it as a risk. He know if you buy fur cheap you can make money on it. In a dead market he showed up to buy.

My point Is this..say you southern guys have a 60 inch beaver that weighs 2 pounds and it grades a section 3 at FH..that beaver brought 9.00 at FH this sale and the same beaver...at 12.00 a pound(it's higher than that right now by the pound) is a 24.00 beaver.

I know it for 10000 percent fact cause Jerry catches alot of southern beaver..his buyer..who's a big player..knows where they're from and it doesn't matter..weight is weight.

Yall southern guys..if you put up your fur...you'd be amazed.

Heck..green beaver?

Yall should be getting at LEAST 10..00 or 12.00 straight on them..no BS.

Cause that buyers gonna put em up and sell em by the pound.

Some of the southern fur buyers are gonna have a hissy that I posted this..But a facts a fact.

Yall southern guys...YOUR FUR HAS VALUE!!!!!.. I

I wish yall figure it out..for real..

I hate to see ANYONE leave money on the table

And i know the work that goes into gettin em..firsthand

Wywolfer..you don't know as much about marten value as you think you do either.......so .....

Just saying

Walleyed. My apologies.

Big risk taker in SE PA who would buy out of favor fur and hold/turn around for a profit. Can't remember his name but he bought a lot of fur.

Groeny just paid some of our southern guys double what you posted, for green furs.

Check out the "just sold to Grony" thread.

Cathryn the FHA 9$ beaver were kits or small beaver, if you are referring to the last ones in the sale.

Remember that 30K is only 10% of what they would handle before.

With new buyers in the crowd they fell asleep at the switch. If that is all they came for ;;;; it was sure an expensive trip from Portugal to make some fedoras
but Milliners are a finikle crowd

GFW broadcast a live from Perry Georgia
good explanations of grading underfur....castor 25# no grading

Where the heck did you come up with 9.00 beaver??
60” beaver would be an xl and section III xl just went for 36 or 38.00 at FHA. By your own argument you lost 12 bucks..

Good. I'm happy for yall.

It's about time ya make so real.money on your hard qork

That's what Jerry said he saw. On the average.

I'm glad he was wrong cause the fir is worth way way more than that at this point and time.

I thought tha as low.

Jerry saw wrong Cathryn. 2xl section 3 was 40.00. Xl Al and L were 38 and 36 respectively.

Question..How did the section 3s bring 36 and 38 but the overall average was only 30.33?

The overall average included mediums small and xtra smalls. And those small section III. Go to earlier in the thread during the beaver sale.

My bad … 36 and 32. 40 for the 2xl.
Better take Jerry to dinner lol.

Thanks mud..lol

No..he better Take me for the flack.lol

No worries it's all good. That was a difficult sale to digest properly, up down and sideways.