Atkins, 64, keeps the coat in a temperature-controlled basement vault filled with thousands of others. The vault adjoins his workshop at Overland Park-based Alaskan Fur, where he’s worked for more ...

There won’t be many trappers in the woods this season. Fur prices are at an all-time low — that is, if you can sell any of them. Marten, a relatively valuable fur this past decade, have tanked. The ...