RABBITSKINS SALE

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1937, Page 8

RABBITSKINS SALE

Daleety and Co., Ltd,, report paving held thefr third rabbitskin.sale oUbe season yesterday. A.fair, offering.was cltalogued and there was a keen demand for all grades. A good flection of-winter skins- was ' submitted and these- realised very -high J?™»s. Summer descriptions ■ were • slightly easier than the 'last -sale.. • - - - ■ - ■ The New Zealand Loan and Meifintile Agency Co., Ltd., report that f large Vftatogue of furred skins was offS to a full ahd -representative bench of buyers. The qffermg for the fixture was well into winter- sorts artd some large lines of these skms.were included. -All grades met with very keen competition, and tor thrower qualities prices' were ..fully nim on last sale, whilst incoming- and winter skins showed a decided improvement. .Prime .North Island bucks made 178 d per lb (top price of the sale);-first bucks 172 d first' does . 107d. ; ;.whiUt incoming skins, which, realised _88|d to 109 dat the last.fixture, sold.at ,903 d °The following are some of the prices realised:—Small, 22d per lb; .runners, 334 d: light racks, 44d; prime' racks. 45d; summer bupks,,33d; .summer does, 29d: autumn bucks, 48d; autumn does, 48d; dawny autumns, 54jd;. -early autumns. 584 dto 73Jd; 'latejmtumns, 83id to 93Jd; spring J vcks 50d; spring does, 41d; incoming, 90id to 116 d: E.W. bucks,-128d to 147 d; E.W. does, 88d to 98d; outgoing bucks, 91§d; does, 62_d; spotted bucks, 125 d: spotted does. 78d; winter bucks,, 148 dto 172 d; winter does, 90d--to 107 d; prime bucks. 178 d; broken, 26Jd to 59Jd; F.S. and 8.5.. 28d to 94Jd; summer blacks, 41d; autumn blacks. 50d to 65d; Inc. and E.W. blacks/, 76d; winter blacks, 89d; haros, 45d: summer weevilly, 27-Jd; winter weevilly. 50d.