Established during the days of the Alaska Gold Rush, American Legend Auctions (formerly Seattle Fur Exchange) is the oldest and most celebrated fur auction house in the world. Seattle Fur Exchange began operations in 1898 as a store where miners, needing a reliable source of income, would barter wild Alaskan furs for much needed supplies such as food, clothes and tools. Within a few years, the trading business grew into a full-fledged fur pelt auction house.
Today, American Legend is owned entirely by North American mink producers. Although it is rich with tradition and history, American Legend prides itself on being the most aggressive and inventive auction house in the fur industry. Our expertly qualified fur technicians bring more than 200 years of combined experience to the preparation, sorting and grading of furs. Each pelt is carefully sorted by color, texture, nap, and size to very precise specifications for eventual use in the world’s finest fashions. Our goal is to create maximum value for the producer and the ultimate consumer of our product.
So much for liberal, post-modern Seattle.
Today, American Legend is owned entirely by North American mink producers. Although it is rich with tradition and history, American Legend prides itself on being the most aggressive and inventive auction house in the fur industry. Our expertly qualified fur technicians bring more than 200 years of combined experience to the preparation, sorting and grading of furs. Each pelt is carefully sorted by color, texture, nap, and size to very precise specifications for eventual use in the world’s finest fashions. Our goal is to create maximum value for the producer and the ultimate consumer of our product.
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| This city is now recognized as the world’s largest marketing center for fine raw fur skins. This illustration shows a portion of the monthly offerings at the Seattle Fur Exchange. The operations of this Exchange circle the globe. The Argus, 1929. |
The use of the adjectives “inventive” and “aggressive” in that marketing copy just makes all the more disgusting. I don’t even want to speculate on what they mean by that.
How are fur coats different than a leather coat/purse/wallet/belt/shoes?
Yes because there’s absolutely no material on earth that can stand in for leather for a coat/purse/wallet/belt/shoes. Kind of like how nothing can keep you warm other than a mink coat. On the other hand, how many animals are our synthetic substitutues killing? Maybe less, but meh.
Wow, it seems like I inadvertently struck a nerve here. I just find it interesting when a lot of people, and clearly from your reply you are not one of them, who will draw a line of acceptability making furs immoral but still use other animal byproducts such as leathers, meat, down, glues, and many medicines. Animals make up an important aspect of many people’s lives as a renewable resource. I personally feel it is more important the animals are raised and killed in as humane a manner as possible.
This is like the guy that is vegan and driving a Lexus with leather seats