Dakota,

Wow...thank you for the detailed explanation. In a sense, its like the cattle auctions. Seems like theres a heck of a lot of grades/sizes of furs.

For the small fur you are pretty sure won't sell, can you ask for it back from the auction house? It might not be worth it, since it would be international shipping and kind of costly just to get a fur that is maybe $10. But if you had a dozen that won't sell....?

With the bigger skins, like cougar and bear--I assume they would tend to go to taxidermists rather than an auction? We have an overpopulation of cougar in my area. It looks like that there were a couple of sets of cougar kittens that were booted out by their moms this fall--yearlings?--and they are feasting on dogs and cats in this area. I got to take a shot at one that was harassing our horses about a week ago, but thats all it was--a shot. Must be slim pickings for them further back in the bush.

Again, I thank you for the detailed explanation. You really went 'over the top to clarify what happens!



Jon.