“If you build it, they will come”  Quoting from the iconic film “Field of Dreams”, CEO Joe Morelli is using the phrase to describe the success of the Blackglama and American Legend brands that commanded record prices last week at the ALC Seattle auction.   Roughly 400 buyers from all over the world showed up [...]

The International Fur Trade Federation has today released the global fur sales figures for 2010/2011 and they reveal a strong growth of over 7% (year-on-year) despite the economic downturn, reflecting a general trend in the luxury goods sector.  In the longer term, turnover has increased by 70% since 2000/1. The Asian markets of China, Hong [...]

SANDY PARKER REPORT, VOL. 36, ISSUE 1, FEBRUARY 27, 2012 International Fur Newswith Sandy Parker New Records Set Again at NAFA Sale Heavy international demand made quick work of the 3.3 million North American and European mink offered by NAFA, as well as the big collection of wild furs that followed. Well over 500 buyers [...]

The Kopenhagen Fur February auction concluded Friday with the offering of the White and Mahogany type mink. The White mink continued the trend set the first day of the auction with mutation mink selling to strong demand at rising price levels.  The Mahogany collection also sold well and in line with the price levels established [...]

SANDY PARKER REPORT, VOL. 35, ISSUE 45, JANUARY 30, 2012 The following extract is reproduced with permission from Sandy Parker Reports, Weekly International Fur News. Sandy Parker has been covering the fur industry for more than four decades. For most of that time he has published a weekly newsletter, detailing results of international pelt auctions, [...]

FUR COMMISSION USA COMMENTARY, DECEMBER 12, 2011 By Simon Ward,   The economies of developed nations – all of them important markets for fur – have been in turmoil since the global recession began in 2008. One of the two biggest markets, Russia, is struggling to achieve meaningful growth, while the Japanese market is saddled with [...]

FUR COMMISSION USA PRESS RELEASE by Simon Ward The global supply of ranched mink headed for the next round of auctions starting in December is believed to have grown for the second year in a row. All of the top five producers monitored by Kopenhagen Fur (four countries plus one region, the Commonwealth of Independent [...]

The mink belongs to the order Carnivora, which means it is carniverous – a meat-eater. The order Carnivora also includes other meat-eaters such as lions, tigers, hyenas, coyotes, and wolves.

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The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the US Department of Agriculture has issued its latest annual report on mink production in the US, up to the 2010 crop year, sold at auction in February and May of 2011.