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Many other fox breeders, including his brother-in-law, had switched their farms to mink, but Nieman did not think the shift worthwhile. Though mink are cheaper to raise (their feed costs from $10 to $14 a year), Herb Nieman thinks that mink will soon be overproduced, too. And mink raisers, who were getting as little as $11 a pelt (as against $20 last year), were wondering whether they will meet costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FURS: Trouble in Mink | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

...gloom deepened as the fur auction season started last week in Manhattan. Even in the rarer types (e.g., Silverblumink) only half the pelts offered were sold; in the top quality dark ranch mink, prices were off 30 to 50% from last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FURS: Trouble in Mink | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

When reporters asked her to identify the brown fur coat she wore over an ankle-length, brown Chinese gown she spelled it out: "N-u-t-r-i-a." Then, with a glance at Mrs. Marshall's smart mink, she said, "It's an old fur coat, and it's out of style, but it's warm." When the two ladies were seated to be photographed, she smiled at Mrs. Marshall and asked, "Are we supposed to look at each other lovingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: House Guest | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...that choked the Metropolitan Opera's 39th Street entrance came early, and wasn't disappointed. From glossy limousines stepped glossy fine ladies, dragging their tails behind them. The place was fuzzy with ermine, mink, diamonds and dignitaries. There was a shout, "Here comes Lily Pons!" followed by a buzzing ("Yeah? Didn't know she was a blonde"). The Widow Betty Henderson, showoff of cafe society, who got tapped for the front page of all the tabs last year by stretching her 71-year-old leg on a table in the bar, arrived with a raspberry-colored hairdo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Curtain Up in New York | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...them shrimp and mushrooms and showed them the house. She had discussed her artesian well ("We had to dig 260 feet, and we finally hit 25 gallons a minute"), her health ("I have the arteries of a girl of 16"), her finances ("I haven't bought a mink coat since 1934, for god's sake"), how she hates the theater ("I'd rather play cards or go to a ball game"), Private Lives ("I said to Noel before he saw it, 'anything you don't like we'll take out' "), her home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 6, 1948 | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

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