Posted by QuickReadAbout.com Staff in Do you know what lynx are? Have you seen this creature? Well, lynx is a type of wild cat that have short tails and usually have a tuft of hair on the tip of the ears. They dwell and survive in the high altitude forests with dense amount of shrubs and grass. Aside from that, lynx are often found in the northern regions of Scandinavia, as well as in North America, and they are highly noted for their exotic fur.
Yes, you heard me right. The lynx is considered throughout the United States and the world as one of the commercially valuable fur bearers. The lynx fur in fact was the favorite of royalties and well-to-do families in the 1980s. Several reports have noted that during that time, the lynx fur coats are highly considered as one of the fashion darlings. Perhaps one of the supports for this is the report which says that during the glory days of the fur industry, a Russian lynx belly coat became the pinnacle of a fur purchase that it sells at a retail price of about $250,000. Such high amount was fortunately brought down by the rise of more austere and lovely lynx fur coats in the 1990s.
The lynx fur coats usually appear with long-haired furs that come in a variety of colors. Some of the lynx fur coats marketed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia feature a light color with spotted and textured body hairs. There are also other lynx fur coats that come with markings that usually vary according to the native habitat of the lynx from which the coats are taken.
According to several researches, the most expensive line of lynx fur coats ever known to man is the Russian lynx fur coat. This item is highly noted for its white color and longer furs. The source of this fur coat, the Russian white lynx, is highly protected by the Russian government knowing that the species is rare. With certain limits maintained by the government, it’s no wonder that until today only few, limited amounts of Russian lynx fur coats are distributed. Only few amounts of pelts are sold, and each pelt comes with a high price.
Well, what actually makes the Russian lynx fur coats great is that they are only fur coats made from lynx that won’t shed. Several claims have it that the furs of the Russian white lynx are soft and the markings are very subtle. I bet this is one of the reasons that the white lynx fur coat is more expensive than the other varieties of lynx fur, which usually looks flatter and has more brown shadings.
Today, the lynx fur coats are sold for about $50,000 for the Russian variety. The American lynx fur coats costs $6,500 to about $17,500 and this line of lynx fur coats usually comes all-belly. The least expensive kind is that of the Bay lynx or bobcat which features more markings and flatter hairs.