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A fur trader in Fort Chipewyan, Northwest Territories, in the 1890s A fur shop in Tallinn, Estonia, in 2019 Fur muff manufacturer's 1949 advertisement. The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur.
Modern fur trapping and trading in North America is part of a wider $15 billion global fur industry where wild animal pelts make up only 15 percent of total fur output. In 2008, the global recession hit the fur industry and trappers especially hard with greatly depressed fur prices thanks to a drop in the sale of expensive fur coats and hats ...
North American Fur Auctions label in a German made mink jacket. North American Fur Auctions (commonly known as NAFA) is a Canadian company that auctions on consignment fur pelts harvested in Canada and the United States. Its services are used by both large fur farms and small-time trappers. Its auctions are held three to four times a year in ...
A longtime Kansas City area furrier — Ambience Furs — is closing, its owners told The Star. After 38 years of selling coats made of lynx, mink, fox and sheared beaver, as well as other items ...
Broadside advertising the sale at auction of merchandise remaining from the government factories at Chicago and Green Bay. In 1821, Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, started hearings with the aim to abolish the factory system and open the fur trade for uninhibited private enterprise. [23]
The most popular fur item sold throughout the world is the fur coat. The Siberian fur coats range in length from mid-length to full length, falling either to the knees or to the floor. Fur coats can be made of almost any type of fur, but the most valued are the furs that are soft and will flow gently around the body.