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My article 'Christies's New Hall Vault Sale of Kronheim Prints 1987' which can be found under 'Chats' on the website gives the detailed history of 55,000 sheet sof Kronheim prints that were sold at auction in 1987.

How did they remain together until they were purchased by a collector in 1919?

The only connection I can find is when Kronheim moved to new premises at Fawley Road Tottenham Hale in 1903, one of their new neighbours was Millington & Sons, envelope manufacturers. There can be no way that Kronheim would have moved this vast amont of unwanted stock just to be stored at the new factory so could they have sold them as 'scrap' to Millingtons to recycle back to envelopes? If Millingtons did see some future value in them and didn't scrap them at the time.

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Millingtons was taken over by John Dickinson Ltd in 1918 and we do know that it was Dickinson that sold them to the collector in 1919.

Can anyone help with a more solid connection between Kronheim, Millingtons and then to John Dickinson Limited

Does anyone know any detail about this artist - I believe he came over from Cork Ireland in about 1840, exhibited 31 times at the British Institute between 1841 - 1869 but would he have been a well known a reputed artist by 1851 OR could he have been employed by Baxter about that time to paint views he intended to produce?

Robert Le Blond was the Brother of Abraham Le Blond. Together they were in partnership as printers Le Blond & Co (Baxter licencees) from about 1840. The partnership was dissolved 15th May 1856 and the same year Robert emigrated to America. He had the distribution rights to Le Blond & Co prints which he sold to LA Elliott in 1862. We know he left his family in America and returned to the UK in June 1863, he died in October of the same year. Robert's descendants started Le Blond lathe company a major business in the Cincinnati area ........................................

I also have a Robert Le Blond who was a member of the Chartist movement in the UK (political reform) and London Secular Society. He is stated as owning a company called Benetfink & Co Ironmongers in Cheapside (strange as I can trace Mr Benetfink owning this company). I have proof that this RLB had financial troubles and 'fled' to America in April 1856. Also noted that this RLB was met again some years later in Cincinetti.

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Can anyone help with information on Robert Le Blond - his years in partnership with his brother, with Benetfink Ltd and his work with the Chartists

There is a court case - Le Blond & Co Ltd v Davis (1894) being the Ltd Co formed by Abraham Le Blond and others in 1881 against Charles Davis who I believe was ALB's executor, does any one have any access to these old records?

In 1895 after Abraham Le Blond's death there was an administration order issued relating to a case heard in the High Court of Justice Chancery Division concerning his estate - there is a reference number 6200/386n - does anyone have access to find what this is about. I believe a copy is held at Surrey History Cente in Woking perhaps the reference number relates to them?