Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1918 — Half Million for Muskrat Skins. [ARTICLE]

Half Million for Muskrat Skins.

The annual fur auction at St. Louis closed with sales totaling approximately $3,350,000. A lot of 710,000 muskrats brought $500,000. Many of the skins brought $1.50 each, an average price for good pelts being 75 cents. A few years ago muskrat skins sold on the market as low as 5 cents each. A collection of beaver brought $25 per skin and the small lot of marten from Alaska set a record price of $57 each. Extraordinarily high prices paid this year were said to be due to the high quality of furs. More than 350 buyers from all parts of the world attended the sale. -