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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



PRIBILOF FOX SKINS 



SHIPMENT AND SALES 



The fox skins — 205 blues and 28 whites — taken on St. Paul Island 

 in the season of 1922-23, were shipped on the U. S. S. Gold Star May 

 29, 1923. Those taken on St. George Island the same season — 683 

 blues and 1 white — were shipped b}^ the same vessel May 31. These 

 917 skins were delivered by the Gold Star at Bremerton, Wash., from 

 which point they were shipped on Jul}^ 26 by American Railway 

 Express consigned to the Fouke Fur Co., St. Louis, Mo. 



The skins were sold at public auction at St. Louis October 8, 1923. 

 The total bid for the 888 blue-fox skins was $91,382, an average of 

 $102.91 per skin. The maximum price was $200 per skin for a lot 

 of four. The 29 white-fox skins brought $1,334, an average of $46 

 per skin. The average price at the last preceding sale, October 9. 

 1922, was $93.18 for blue and $46 for white-fox skins. 



Sale of 888 dlue and 29 lohite fox skins at St. Louis October 8, 1923 



Lot 



No. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 skins 



305 

 306 

 307 

 308 

 309 

 310 

 311 

 312 

 313 

 314 

 315 

 316 

 317 

 318 

 319 

 320 

 321 

 322 

 323 

 324 

 325 

 326 

 327 

 328 

 329 

 330 

 331 

 332 

 333 

 334 

 335 

 336 

 337 

 338 

 339 

 340 

 341 

 342 

 343 

 344 

 345 

 346 

 347 

 348 

 349 

 350 

 351 

 352 

 353 

 354 



Trade classification 



Blue fox skim 



Extra, extra fine 



Extra fine, extra large .. 



Fine dark 



Fine dark silvery 



I dark 



do. _ - 



II dark 



I blue-- - 



do 



II blue 



II low blue 



III and IV 



Extra extra fine 



Extra fine 



Fine dark 



Fine dark silvery 



Dark extra large. 



I dark 



do 



do 



II dark.-.- 



I and II dark- 



do -- - 



I blue- 



do 



II blue 



II low blue. 



I and II pale - 



Skins. 



Extra fine 



Fine dark__ 



Dark extra large 



Extra dark 



I dark --- 



do - 



do 



II dark - 



II low dark 



Iblue-- 



II blue 



1 and II dark 



do 



I-- 



land II 



Silvery -. 



Extra fine- -- 



Fine dark 



I dark - 



do 



II dark---- 



Price 

 per 

 skin 



$146 

 113 

 109 

 130 

 118 

 112 

 81 

 102 

 112 

 84 

 52 

 24 

 160 

 154 

 128 

 140 

 118 

 106 

 128 

 112 

 80 

 90 

 102 

 112 

 114 

 89 

 52 

 68 

 50 

 154 

 132 

 92 

 122 

 104 

 124 

 132 

 95 

 43 

 112 

 72 

 104 

 100 

 116 

 78 

 94 

 162 

 122 

 112 

 132 

 92 



Total 

 for 

 lot 



452 



654 



520 



944 



1,120 



1,134 



612 



1,120 



1,176 



1,040 



648 



640 



924 



768 



560 



708 



848 



1,536 



1,120 



1,120 



1,080 



1,428 



1,120 



912 



1,246 



624 



544 



500 



924 



792 



552 



732 



1,040 



1,240 



1,320 



1,330 



344 



1,120 



1,152 



1,248 



1,400 



696 



780 



940 



648 



732 



1,344 



1,320 



920 



Lot 



No. 



355 

 356 

 357 

 358 

 359 

 360 

 361 

 362 

 363 

 364 

 365 

 366 

 367 

 368 

 369 

 370 

 371 

 372 

 373 

 374 

 375 

 376 

 377 

 378 

 379 

 380 

 381 

 382 

 383 

 384 

 385 

 386 

 387 

 388 

 389 

 390 

 391 

 392 

 393 

 394 

 395 

 396 

 397 

 398 



399 



Num- 

 ber of 

 skins 



917 



Trade classification 



Blue fox skins— Contd. 



Dark extra large. 



I and II dark 



Iblue 



II blue 



I 



land 11... 



I and II blue 



Extra extra fine 



Fine dark 



do 



Dark extra large 



I dark 



do... 



I and II dark 



Iblue 



II blue.- 



land II... 



Extra extra fine 



Extra fine, extra large. 



Fine dark 



Fine dark silvery 



I dark 



II dark 



Iblue 



I silvery 



II pt. low 



Extra extra fine 



Extra fine, extra large. 



Fine dark.. 



I dark 



Dark 



I blue.- 



II blue-- 



Extra, extra fine. 

 Fine dark. 

 I. 



Price 

 per 

 skin 



$110 



92 

 76 

 88 

 166 

 134 

 128 

 104 

 108 

 112 

 94 

 96 



170 

 154 

 166 

 200 

 140 

 108 

 122 

 146 

 70 

 168 

 136 

 154 

 126 

 118 

 120 



White fox skins 

 1 and II, white fox 



Total 

 for 

 lot 



.$880 



1,116 



1,224 



1.760 



1,472 



1,064 



1,408 



664 



804 



512 



832 



1,296 



1,120 



940 



768 



1,976 



1,376 



680 



616 



664 



800 



1,120 



1,296 



1.220 



1,168 



490 



672 



544 



924 



1,764 



944 



1,200 



704 



624 



8M 



1,240 



600 



1, 152 



864 



1,680 



1,040 



1,624 



92, 716 



