just posted the next batch of discounted beaded critter tails- this time some very pretty grey phase ranch foxes. click here to purchase! 9 for the smaller tails, 12 for the larger “fuller” ones.

Worlds slowest artist award goes to me

New foxes from @orangeliontaxidermy arrived the other day and they are all absolutely gorgeous.

Smokey

Shadow Blue Frost

Silver Ringneck

Smokey Snow Glow

Gold Sapphire

Apricot Frost

the Duchess of Windsor photographed in a platinum fox stole in 1939.

the article clipping claims platinum fox pelts were selling for $1,500 which when adjusted for inflation would be around $30,000 today. now the pelts of platinum foxes sell for around $150 to $400 USD depending on the quality. really demonstrates how the fur market has changed!

Here’s what was my haul from the fur auction this year!

Sadly I for once didn’t get a lot of coyotes this year which was disappointing since a lot of them had feet and a good chunk of them were actually decent!  But when they were going for $30 to $40 a coyote that I couldn’t bidding for them knowing I would have to charge over $100 for them later one.  I managed to grab a few red foxes here and there include one that was already tanned?  I’ve never seen that there in my years of attending the auction.

I was however very lucky with snagging a ranch Cross Fox, there was a few ranch reds and one ranch silver but I managed to get the cross.  I believe this one is a girl and talking with the rancher who was sitting next to be at the auction told me her tail is naturally short due to another fox bit part of it off a long time ago.  It was nice getting to talk with this gentlemen, I’ve purchased from in in the past and he’s a very nice person and he generally raises a lot of the common ranch color foxes versus the really crazy colors.  He’s also very knowledgeable of the fur market so it was good insight on what was worth going after this year.