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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 

 PRIBILOF FOX SKINS. 



SHIPMENTS. 



The fox skins taken in the season of 1920-21 were forwarded in 

 one shipment of 3 boxes containing 123 blue and 13 white skins from 

 St. Paul Island and 24 boxes containing 1,002 blue and 1 white fox 

 skin from St. George Island. They were forwarded on June 18 on 

 the U. S. S. Saturn along with the first shipment of sealskins from the 

 islands. The whole shipment of fox skins, totaling 1,139, was sent 

 by express from Bremerton, Wash., on July 12, via Chicago, Burling- 

 ton & Quincy, and was received at St. Louis on July 18. 



SALES. 



The fox skins taken on the Pribilof Islands in the season of 1919-20, 

 938 in number, were not sold until February 21, 1921. At the public 

 auction at St. Louis on that date 901 blue fox skins brought $79,404, 

 an average of $88.13 per skin, and the 37 white fox skins brought 

 $1,295, and average of $35 each. The highest price received was for 

 a lot of 4 skins, which brought $192 each. The average price received 

 for blues at this sale showed a decrease of 55 per cent as compared 

 with the last previous sale on September 10, 1919, when the average 

 price was $195 and the highest price was for a lot of 4 skins which 

 brought $400 each. Details of both sales are shown in the table 

 below. 



The skins taken during the season 1920-21 numbered 1,125 blues 

 and 14 whites. They were sold at auction at St. Louis September 28, 

 1921, the blues bringing $108,936, an average of $96.83 each, and the 

 whites bringing $462, an average of $33 each. The highest price 

 received was for a lot of 4 skins, which brought $230 each. The 

 average price for the blues was about 10 per cent higher than that 

 of the February sale. 



Sales of Pribilof fox skins at St. Louis, Mo., 1921. 



t 

 SALE OF 901 BLUE AND 37 WHITE FOX SKINS, FEBRUARY 21, 1921 



Trade 

 classification. 



Blue-fox skins. 



Extra extra fine . . 



do 



Extra extra fine 



extra large 



Extra fine large... 



Extra fine 



Extra large fine. . . 



II fine darlc 



II extra large fine 



dark 



Iblue 



I extra large dark 



silvery 



I point II dark... 



I silvery 



I pale silvery 



Skins 



Extra extra fine 



extra large 



Extra extra fine . . 



Trade 

 classification. 



Blue-fox skJTis — 

 Continued. 



Extra fine 



Fine 



Extra large fiiie.. 



II fine dark 



11 blue 



Extra extra fine. 



do 



Extra fine 



I fine dark 



I dark 



II extra large fine 

 dark 



II fine dark 



II extra large dark 



II dark 



II extra large low. 



I blue extra large . 

 Iblue 



II extra large blue 

 II blue 



Price 

 per 

 skin. 



$126. 00 

 124.00 

 104. 00 

 100. 00 

 84.00 

 153.00 

 134.00 

 132.00 

 112.00 

 104.00 



98.00 

 94.00 

 82.00 

 88.00 

 60.00 

 108.00 

 98.00 

 81.00 

 82.00 



Total 

 for lot. 



$504.00 



992.00 



624.00 



1,200.00 



1,008.00 



612.00 



536.00 



792.00 



1,120.00 



1,040.00 



980.00 

 1, 128. 00 

 1, 148. 00 

 1, 232. 00 



840.00 



864.00 

 1,372.00 



972. 00 



1, 148. oa 



