Auction Houses
Saga Furs
It operates under the symbol SAGCV (click for more information from Google Finance). Saga Furs Oyj has been on the Helsinki Stock Exchange (NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd) since 1986.
—The auction house offers Finn raccoon, mink, and fox furs, as well as karakul pelts.
—Saga Furs was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Vantaa, Finland.
The auction house is the core the company’s operation although it has an array of partners with breeders on one end of the spectrum and high end fashion labels on the other.
Saga Furs Design Centre is a hub for product development with training for emerging designers that visit for the many seminars or have earned study through competition.
How to Sell Furs at Saga
Fur breeders that want to sell at Saga must first open an account. Afterward they send 1) bar code tickets to the supplier, that should be fastened to all pelts and 2) packing lists in preparation for shipping.
Saga Furs then contacts the fur breeder to arrange a time for pickup from one of their collection points throughout throughout Europe. Shipping from the collection point is paid by Saga.
Quality Bonus Programme offers incentives for top quality production of pelts.
How to Buy Pelts at Saga
Interested customers should contact their sales department with name and company info and should expect to leave a 35% deposit for their expected purchase. For more information visit Saga Furs at www.sagafurs.com/
American Mink Exchange
American Mink Exchange is an auction house specializing in the sale of North American, high quality, shortnap mink. We collect mink throughout North America, and grade them in the traditional North American manner– graded by the most experienced mink graders in the world.
Recently we have entered into a three year contact to be the sole seller of Blackglama. It has always been our goal to have a North American company specializing in selling North Amercain mink and promoting the Blackglama label. We are extremely happy to have this come to fruition.
The Blackglama label will strengthen our worldwide market base, especially throughout China, Korea, Turkey, Greece and Dubai–both in the wholesale and retail sectors.
American Mink Exchange will be holding a live in person auction in Las Vegas, Nevada from May 28th until June 2nd. For more information on how to attend our auction please contact us via email at info@amminkexchange.com, or visit our website www.americanminkexchange.com for additional information. During the auction we will offer approximately 1.2 million mink, comprised of blacks, whites, pastel, mahogany, blue iris, sapphires, lavenders as well as other mutations.
Fur Harvesters
Fur Harvesters Auction based in Ontario, Canada is the largest supplier of Wild Fur.
FHA has gained international recognition and respect for its stellar assortment of unique and luxurious products. Fur brokers, wholesalers and manufacturers have consistently been satisfied with the extraordinary selection of Wild Fur available only in North Bay. For more information visit Fur Harvesters at furharvesters.com
Sojuzpushnina
Sojuzpushnina is a Russian fur auction house that has been in business since the 1930’s. Located in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Sojuzpushnina is etched deep within Russian history. The company has had bouts as a unitary state enterprise (USE) and an open joint stock association, until 2003 when it was completely privatised. It is currently an all-union self-supporting foreign trade association. The auctions are held in the St. Petersburg’ 3 – 4 times per year and offer about 600 thousand of sable skins.
The auction sells a wide variety of wild and farmed furs from Russia including mink, foxes, lynx, squirrel and kolinsky. Russia is the only place where sable thrives and the auction prides itself on its fine fur. Sable from Sojuzpushnina is branded with the label Sobol. For more information visit Sojuzpushnina at www.sojuzpushnina.ru/en/home