A custom fursuit slot from a single Czech maker, sold by sealed-bid auction on a furry marketplace, closed at $46,800 with 79 bids on April 6, 2026. The maker was Zuri Studios. The marketplace was The Dealers Den. The auction did not break Zuri's own all-time record of $60,488 (set in November 2024), but it did extend Zuri's hold on the top three positions of the most expensive fursuits ever sold publicly.
This post is two things at once. It is a news explainer on the 2026 close. And it is a compiled ranking of the top 10 most expensive fursuits ever sold publicly, with the price, maker, and source we have for each entry. Some rows rest on contemporaneous reporting or the auction listing itself; others rest only on a community-maintained list, and we say so in the table.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Listing | Custom fursuit slot by Zuri Studios |
| Marketplace | The Dealers Den (listing 339937) |
| Auction window | March 30 to April 6, 2026 |
| Starting bid | Not publicly disclosed |
| Final close | $46,800 |
| Total bids | 79 |
| Final high bidder shown | d****t |
| Final runner-up shown | J****e at $46,500 |
| Payment terms | 30% non-refundable down at close, 50% at head-completion milestone, balance at delivery |
| Bidder requirements | 18+, character design and Dealers Den username pre-approved by Zuri |
| Buyer location | Not publicly disclosed |
The closed Dealers Den listing shows d**t** as the final high bidder at $46,800 on April 6, 2026, with J**e** second at $46,500 at the same timestamp. The Dealers Den's own X account confirmed mid-auction: "That's a lot of birdseed! We are already over $40K with nearly a week to go."
This ranking mixes two related but distinct categories: custom slot auctions (the auction sells the right to commission a build, with delivery months later) and completed-suit auctions (the auction sells a finished suit, transferred immediately to the buyer). Both categories drive the same headline-price coverage in the fandom and are typically lumped together when "most expensive fursuit ever" is discussed.
| # | Price | Maker / Suit | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,488 | Zuri Studios (custom slot, buyer Myst Dingo) | Slot | Nov 10, 2024 | Tennessee Furry Community, TikTok recap |
| 2 | $50,000 | Zuri Studios (custom slot) | Slot | Jun 4, 2021 | Dogpatch Press |
| 3 | $46,800 | Zuri Studios (custom slot, listing 339937) | Slot | Apr 6, 2026 | Dealers Den listing |
| 4 | $23,500 | Zaranthus: Roar Dragon | Completed | 2019 | Tennessee Furry Community |
| 5 | $18,250 | Porazo: Killer Wolf | Completed | not stated | Tennessee Furry Community |
| 6 | $17,500 | Lex Rudd: Primal Visions Spartacus Cheetah | Completed | not stated | Tennessee Furry Community |
| 7 | $17,017 | MixedCandy: Manuel Dawg | Completed | Jul 2018 | Dogpatch Press |
| 8 | $15,700 | MixedCandy x Furitup: Cross Fox collab | Completed | not stated | Tennessee Furry Community |
| 9 | $15,600 | MixedCandy: Antonio Jackal | Completed | Aug 2020 | Dogpatch Press |
| 10 | $15,400 | Jting-F: Protogen | Completed | not stated | Tennessee Furry Community |
Honorable mentions outside the top 10 but commonly cited in fandom discussions of high-end fursuit auctions:
One newer high-interest sale to watch is the Kigurumi Kagetsu fursuit commission slot auction at Another Furry Con 2025 (now Anthro SoCal). Public posts confirm Kigurumi Kagetsu was a 2025 guest of honor, the AFC charity auction included a chance to get a slot from Kigurumi Kagetsu, and the event raised $40,000 for Pomona Valley Pride overall.
We are not ranking it yet because we have not found a reliable public final bid amount for the slot itself. The correct SEO treatment is to mention it as evidence that convention-floor charity auctions can create serious high-end fursuit demand, while keeping it separate from the compiled public-price leaderboard above.
A few notes on this ranking:
Public auctions only. Private commissions are excluded because their prices are not verifiable. Several makers have publicly stated that their highest direct-commission prices exceed their highest auction closes, but those private numbers are not part of any public record.
Not every row is equally sourced. The entries credited to Dogpatch Press or to the auction listing itself rest on contemporaneous reporting. The rows credited to the Tennessee Furry Community list rest on a community-maintained page that cites no sources of its own, so treat those figures as reported rather than confirmed.
The $17,017 vs $17,127 discrepancy on the MixedCandy Manuel Dawg. Dogpatch Press reported $17,017 contemporaneously in 2018. Tennessee Furry Community's later list shows $17,127. We cite the original Dogpatch number as the primary record.
Zuri's three-position sweep is unusual. In the public auction records we could find, no other maker appears above $20,000 more than once. MixedCandy has cleared mid-$15,000s several times. On this list, Zuri stands alone at the very top.
Zuri Studios is a single-artist workshop based in the Czech Republic. The studio's work is known for hand-carved foam heads, digitigrade and plantigrade fullsuits, ventilated ears, and a clean lining finish. Past Zuri suits have circulated widely across fursuit photography circles and several have gone viral on TikTok and Instagram.
The studio's commission availability has been closed to standard requests for several years. Periodic Dealers Den auctions are the only public route in. This scarcity is a deliberate part of the studio's business model and helps drive the price-discovery dynamic that consistently lands on five-figure closes.
For readers new to the high-end fursuit market, the numbers seem absurd. They are not. The math behind a Zuri close looks like this:
Restricted supply, global demand. A single artist can produce a small number of suits per year. Demand for the studio's work is global. Auction is a rational price-discovery mechanism for a single seat at the front of a closed queue.
Bidders are typically established furries with significant disposable income. Anyone clearing $40K+ for a custom fursuit slot has typically been in the fandom for years, has a clear character vision, and has done the budget math. Zuri's listing terms also require bidder pre-approval (character details and Dealers Den username emailed in advance).
Slot value compounds with the maker's reputation. Each Zuri suit that goes viral on TikTok or wins a fursuit photography circuit pushes the next slot's expected close price higher. The 2021 sale at $50K set the first major benchmark. The 2024 sale at $60,488 broke it. The 2026 close at $46,800 dipped slightly but kept Zuri firmly at the top of the public ranking.
Payment terms reduce buyer risk. Zuri's listing terms structure payment as 30% non-refundable down at auction close, 50% of the remainder at the head-completion milestone, and the final balance at delivery. The total does not exit the buyer's account at auction close. It spreads across the production timeline.
For comparison, a "normal" full custom fursuit from an established maker in 2026 typically runs $3,000 to $8,000. See our full breakdown of fursuit costs for the standard market.
Auction closes at this tier are set by whoever shows up on the day. The 2024 sale to Myst Dingo cleared $60,488 because a bidder was willing to push that far; a single high-appetite bidder can move a close-price ceiling well above where the next tier of bidders stops. The 2026 auction still drew 79 bids and closed third all-time.
Nothing in the public record suggests the high-end fursuit market is shrinking. The price ceiling is set by individual bidder appetite at any given auction, and that varies between sales.
For background on where these auctions happen:
The Dealers Den's official X account is @TheDealersDen. Their mid-auction tweet during the 2026 Zuri sale (archived link) confirmed the over-$40K mark with a week of bidding remaining.
The most expensive fursuit ever sold publicly is the Zuri Studios custom slot that closed at $60,488 on November 10, 2024, to buyer Myst Dingo. The slot was an auction for the right to commission a fullsuit, not a finished suit. The actual build was delivered in the months following the auction.
No. The 2026 close at $46,800 came in below both Zuri's 2024 record ($60,488) and Zuri's 2021 close ($50,000). The 2026 auction does rank third all-time, behind Zuri's own two prior records.
No. Per Zuri's listing terms, bidders must be 18 or older, must email Zuri Studios with their character design and Dealers Den username before bidding, and must be pre-approved by Zuri.
The most expensive completed-suit auction in the public record is Zaranthus's Roar Dragon at $23,500 in 2019, per Tennessee Furry Community's compilation. Several MixedCandy suits cleared the mid-$15,000s in the 2018-2020 window.
A normal full custom fursuit from an established maker in 2026 typically runs $3,000 to $8,000. See our fursuit cost guide for the full range across entry-level partials, mid-market customs, and high-end slot auctions.
Their main accounts are @Zuri_Studios on X, @zuristudios on Bluesky, @zuristudios on Instagram, and t.me/zuristudios on Telegram. Their main website is zuristudios.info.
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