Was that on the tourist fur auction at Rondy? The public knows little about fur value other than size. And pays outlandish prices at Rondy for sometimes very poor quality fur. I watched a low grade rubbed out, #4 quality very large black wolf bring $1225 USD at the Fur Rondy auction in Anchorage a number of years back, and medium size (nice quality) black beavers from the upper midwest bring over $100 each., there were only three of them. I don't know if this classifies as a real market, but it does allow for a few skins to bring outlandish money.

I didn't know 1 dollar 50 cent an inch beaver was outrages price in the year 2024? Wait till they pay that reasonable 70 cents just to get them tanned.

So...you did sell into the craft trade?

Sounds like Dirt sells some of his fur direct into the garment trade to manufacturers like I do,instead of going thru a middleman or auction house.
In the fur trade these are the end users if you dont include those who buy the finished goods as the end user.

That's not what I was asking.

I was asking whether he sold his beavers to crafters....that only use a few selects pelts to make specialty or custom items. This small type market is not comparable to large volume/bulk sales & buying.

Actually when the fur trade was booming it was the mom and pop furriers in every town that was the backbone of the fur industry,
Me and Dirt and others are still supporting that part of the industry and we need more people doing so from both ends.
I would not call those manufacturers crafters.
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Ky must of put 200 beaver on one string, old man trying to drag them to the auction block slipped a disk and had to be rushed to the hospital and the auction was cancelled by OSHA, lol.

Jtrap. Are you joking?

everything has to line up with Chinese New Year plus 5 days before and 5 after for travel, then the others take the Cherry Time and FHA falls inline at the bottom of the list

Jtrap. Are you joking?

Always, lol

He's probably still counting all his money!

Where’s the sell early and often thread……51 beaver Avg $20CAD at the Thompson fur table. Sorry for the crappy pic, it’s all I got.

Sounds like they didn't have any good buyers there. When I walk into an auction I look around to see who is there for buyers. Depending on what I see I can brace myself for the likely results.

Nothing new for that sale.

They did have to option to send to FHA for free as the pick-up agent was there.....but FHA can not give out advances anymore like they use to.
AND the other buyer got caught paying non-Red River Metis cardholders so that money pit dried up
it did look like a few trappers were able to use the winter roads to get there based on the numbers

So MMFC isn’t buying fur anymore or just tightening the belt?

card member only....has a few Treaty holders and< you cant say this word on Tman>

Apparently only Bruno (local buyer?) and MMF were there. GFW didn’t make it.

So chinese new year is feb 10. Seems any time after 16 feb would work. No alc, nafa, and soon kopenhagen to schedule between anymore.

That would cut into a certain CFO's winter vacation time to sunny destinations, would it not Dirt.

You keep moving the ball, lucy.