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B�uf Sauvage:

You well know that we are overly obsessed far beyond the fine fare of our beloved mechanics. From Bernard, Mode, Guyot, etc. the more obscure the firearms merchant, the more we are consumed. And one knows this to be true when you are chasing serialization and touchmarks on wares that have more than 100 years.

Cheers,

Raimey
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Sure, Raimey.
I was trying to put things in perspective.
E.g. even though I'd love to understand what happened to the people involved, it is as important to understand what happened to the brand itself.
We all know that the important brands have been built on a lot more than the founder's name and business practices.
F. Beesley was instrumental to Purdey, T.Woodward and Froome to Holland, L. Taylor, Deeley and Edge to W. Richards, etc...

Browsing around, I have found "Auguste Lebeau" (sans Courally) guns such as this one going all the way to 1926, with the same SN system than the LCs.
So that brand was kept alive for a long time, after Auguste L. demise's.

Best regards,
WC-

By the way I think that Anne-Marie Moermans has been remarkably successful in keeping the brand going in the worst possible times for the luxury hunting weapon business. The odds are very much against her.
Best regards,
WC-

Igor,

Down the street from the Curtis is a smallish restaurant that is used by mostly locals. The jambon is good and the beer is cold. I will pay for the beer.

I was diagnosed 2 years ago. Luckily, the chemo is working. Keep fighting!

Pete

Pete,

Hope dies last. It's true. Many thanks for your support.

Anything can happen.......if you will pay for the beer

Igor

www.shotguncollector.com

I just found a judgment dated Jan 8 1898 about the inheritance of Auguste L.
The affair is complex due to the bankruptcy of "Lebeau freres" in 1880.
It seems like Auguste had to repay his debt post bankruptcy, but failed to do it appropriately.
Therefore the bank tried to get the inheritance from AL's heirs who were also fighting among themselves.
He did not seem to have been married, but a Marie Lebeau was involved as well as some others.

Auguste's frere was named Jules. He seemed to have been out of the picture in 1898.

There is no mention of Courally whatsoever.

WC-

That's great! Belgian Court documents in civil cases confirm this information.

TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT THE LEBEAU 20 SLE. I decided to pass. This is a very high grade gun.

Thank you in advance. I need a few days to edit the text in English according to some documents. These new documents are already in the blog in Russian. Cordialement.

Igor

www.shotguncollector.com