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 ...

After two tense hours, the answer was in. The new fur (trade name “Silverblu” platinum) had edged out Russian sable to become, for the nonce, the rarest, highest-priced fur in the world.