Hi,
I forgot this is a public forum, and I am still a bit new here, so sorry about asking where you might be selling it. My bad.
As for the ermine, they are dark brownish black in summer, but in winter their coats turn entirely white except for the tip of their little tails. This helps them blend in with the snow to avoid predators. Nature is SO amazing.
Ermine fur is beautiful, and although not used much any more, it was a fairly costly fur in its day as the little ermines are small, and are only white for a short time and are very hard to catch, and cannot be raised on fur farms. Ermine fur was a sort of status symbol for a time and was especially popular in the 1930's for trimming velvet coats and hats. It was also popular for hats, stoles, and muffs in the late Victorian and Edwardian times. In the middle ages only royalty could wear ermine fur, and you see it on Kings and Queens robes in old paintings. Look for the little black tips!
Sometimes rabbit is dyed to imitate ermine, but the bunny fur is not as dense so you can usually tell that.
Actually, my own belief is that ermine fur items are a better find than mink these days. They have a more "antique" appeal.
Thanks for showing it.
B
