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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24847965, member: 26430&quot;]I don&#039;t think it would be on Heidi, which specializes in firms from German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).</p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, I won&#039;t keep you in suspense...</p><p><br /></p><p>You probably mean the first one below:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>Étienne Bourgey (Expert), Hôtel Drouot, 15 December 1909, <b>Collection H.M ... Grecques ... Romaines ... [etc.]</b> [Spring 18; 8 Plates, &gt;7 ancient]:<ul> <li><a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k70508187" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k70508187" rel="nofollow">https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k70508187</a></li> </ul></li> </ul><p>(For some reason it doesn&#039;t show up in my search below with the other 143-173 Bourgey catalogs.)</p><ul> <li>Étienne Bourgey (Expert), Hôtel Drouot, 3 December 1909, <b>Monnaies Gauloises</b> [Spring 17; 3 Plates]:<ul> <li><a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9777998f" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9777998f" rel="nofollow">https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9777998f</a></li> </ul></li> </ul><p><br /></p><p><i><b>For general reference:</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>INHA (part of the Bibliotheque nationale de France) has at least 30 Bourgey catalogs. You might have to repeat the search, but try this for INHA: <a href="https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/default?search=bourgey&amp;sort=_score&amp;perpage=50&amp;page=1&amp;fulltext=1&amp;bookmarks=1&amp;&amp;sort=-Date,_score&amp;refine[Creator][]=Bourgey%2C+%C3%89tienne&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/default?search=bourgey&amp;sort=_score&amp;perpage=50&amp;page=1&amp;fulltext=1&amp;bookmarks=1&amp;&amp;sort=-Date,_score&amp;refine[Creator][]=Bourgey%2C+%C3%89tienne&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/default?search=bourgey&amp;sort=_score&amp;perpage=50&amp;page=1&amp;fulltext=1&amp;bookmarks=1&amp;&amp;sort=-Date,_score&amp;refine[Creator][]=Bourgey,+Étienne&amp;page=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Gallica (also BnF, confusingly?) has the most comprehensive online set of Bourgey (about 140 in addition to INHA = 173 total, incl. about 6-8 from 1909):</p><p><a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&amp;version=1.2&amp;startRecord=0&amp;maximumRecords=50&amp;page=1&amp;collapsing=true&amp;exactSearch=true&amp;query=%28dc.creator%20adj%20%22Bourgey%20%20%C3%89tienne%22%20or%20dc.contributor%20adj%20%22Bourgey%20%20%C3%89tienne%22%29%20sortby%20dc.date%2Fsort.ascending" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&amp;version=1.2&amp;startRecord=0&amp;maximumRecords=50&amp;page=1&amp;collapsing=true&amp;exactSearch=true&amp;query=%28dc.creator%20adj%20%22Bourgey%20%20%C3%89tienne%22%20or%20dc.contributor%20adj%20%22Bourgey%20%20%C3%89tienne%22%29%20sortby%20dc.date%2Fsort.ascending" rel="nofollow">https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&amp;version=1.2&amp;startRecord=0&amp;maximumRecords=50&amp;page=1&amp;collapsing=true&amp;exactSearch=true&amp;query=(dc.creator adj &quot;Bourgey Étienne&quot; or dc.contributor adj &quot;Bourgey Étienne&quot;) sortby dc.date/sort.ascending</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Last, sometimes it&#039;s also worth searching &quot;Hôtel Drouot,&quot; the venue, since sometimes the library-archivist doesn&#039;t realize the &quot;Expert&quot; is who really matters, or just searching the title (which is how I found this one on Gallica).</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share if you find something good inside!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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