拍卖行
每年哥本哈根毛皮公司举行5次拍卖会,销售的基本上都是生皮。这些皮张还没有销染过或经过其它方式处理。每个卖季的第一次拍卖会在12月份举行,接下来分别在2月、4月、6月和9月。每次拍卖会持续3至5天,销售大约200万至350万张水貂皮。这意味着每年销售约1550万张的水貂皮,占全世界水貂皮产量的40%左右。哥本哈根毛皮公司因此是世界上最大的毛皮拍卖行。
水貂皮占了哥本哈根毛皮公司所销售的毛皮的90%。狐狸、海豹、青紫兰、紫貂、卡拉库、獭兔、浣熊、芬兰貉子、麝鼠等占了剩下的份额。水貂皮主要产自丹麦,同时还有一部分来自挪威、瑞典、荷兰和芬兰、其它种类的皮张主要来自海外。
Grading
Approx. 300 people work from November to June, readying the skins for sale and delivery. According to type, sex, size, colour and quality the skins are sorted very carefully. The last process in the our grading system is the final grading which is of incredibly great significance to the final result. It is a fine-tuning of the individual colours while also constituting a check of the prior sortings.
This unique grading system ensures that the skins in the individual lots are as identical as possible.
Inspection
Before each auction, the buyers have the opportunity to inspect the skins for sale. The inspection typically lasts for 4-5 days. It is an important part of the auction period, because the individual lots for sale are not displayed during the auction itself. The customers in the auction room have the sales catalogue only, including their own notes, to guide them in their purchasing.
During the inspection the customers see a cross-section of the skins only, the so-called showlots, which represent the many millions of skins.