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silver-fox skin

• the fur of the silver fox.

  See also: silver (def. 2)  silver fox  (def. 2)  

  • These skins, being rarely found in nature, have long been highly valued. Nonetheless, the claim made by the author of the 1900 quote has been challenged by reputable authorities.

  • 1900  Furs were so numerous that for a flint-lock musket (worth, say, 15s. in England) the Indians were expected to pay a pile of fine furs--such as silver fox-skins--standing as high as the weapon placed with the stock on the ground.
  • 1913  One year, he brought in three of the six silver-fox skins taken that winter in the whole of Canada.
  • 1928  (1953)  Highest price received for one fine half-silver -- $525.00 which is the highest price obtained this year for a silver fox pelt sold in Canada.