Well wayne that was a good question..lol ok Im going to be honest with ya, I dont know the history of the avant line other then its Old family rednose..I've read so many articales about diffrent bloolines like hemphill, wilder ect...not once have I seen anything about the avant line. Im reading another artical now about the old family rednose lol its long and making my eyes cross. I've been searching trying to find some history on the line but havent been able to come up with anything. I could tell ya about the hemphill lines or wilder lines but im clueless about the avant line...and I dont like not knowing about it. Your the first to ask me about the avant line and now im gonna search harder to find out something about it!