had edged out Russian sable to become, for the nonce, the rarest, highest-priced fur in the world. The 2,500 pelts at auction had sold for $375,000. Cost of a silverblu coat : $20,000 & up.

Yates went to a fur shop to find out how much a wild sable coat sells for. The store's owner was reluctant to tell him the cost, though he said it's very expensive. Typically, the average wild ...

Sables are luxurious little animals. These fur-bearing mammals, native to the forests of Eurasia, have sandy yellow, light brown, dark brown and black coats, which are valuable commodities in the fur ...