Baxter Licencees

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

Frederick W Seeley wrote extensively in the early years of the 20th century in the Baxter Times about the production of Baxter Prints. He had first hand experience being, at one time, the manager at J M Kronheim and at the time of writing the articles was the Manager at Norbury Natzio who took over the Kronheim business over in 1913. Apart from his writings in the in the Baxter Times has anyone got any information regarding him or his writings especially  in the Inland Printer 1909 or the American Printer and Lithographer 1919

I have come across a book No Art without Craft the Life of Theodore Low De Vinne by Irene Tichenor. It refers to a contract made between De Vinne and Hart (Francis Hart & Co (?)) and J M Kronheim in 1866 to purchase  Kronheim's plant and rights to use his invention. The contract was cancelled by mutual consent after only 10 months.

By 1866 JM Kronheim has sold his share in the London buiness of JM Kronheim & Co and was either still in Germany or had arrived in America, we know he was in New York in 1876. As he was selling his plant (and also buying out his partner) it must be an Amercan business that he was selling (?)

Can anyone give any further information regarding the contract, where the information came from for the book or anything regarding J M Kronheim during his working life in America.

UPDATE - I have now located copies of these contracts but that throws up another query - Kronheim was in a partnership in the US with James Robertson between May 1866 and Nov 1866. I don't think Mr Robinson was a printer at least he wasn't actively involved full-time in the business but does anyone know this James Robertson?

Can anyone help confirm the connection:

In 1857 Joseph Martin Kronheim, Baxter Licencee trading under the name JM Kronheim & Co sold his London business and moved back to his native Germany and then at some time after went to to America and, according to Baxter researcher of the 1920’s  C L Courtney Lewis, started a printing business in America with his son. We know that Kronheim & Co issued the Centennial Home Ins Calender 1876 from 9 Dey Street* New York  and also the "Howe (sewing machines sc) Exhibition Catalogue" Published for the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876 from the same address was in some way connected to his old London based company Was he in business with his son the Martin Kronheim that had long term associations with Wemple and others?

*Chas E Wemple is noted as trading from  23 Dey Street in 1877

What I know already:

1869 - 1879 – Wemple & Kronheim – in 1879 a fire seemed to damage much of their stock of Lithographic stones , by this date it was most probably their 79 White Street adddress.

1879- Kronheim, & Manzando (formally Wemple & Kronheim)

In addition:

1876 - Kronheim traded as Laserowitsch & Kronheim from the same address as Wemple & Kronheim – in 1874 Chas E Wemple was also in partnership with Sidor Laserowitsch along with Augustus W Phelps trading as Wemple, Laserowitsch & Co of 62 Cedar Street, an address which Wemple & Kronheim was trading from in 1872

Lastly we find in 1882 C .E . Wemple & M Kronheim having a charge over S Raynor for lithographic stones, presses, office furntiutre etc possibly their remaining assets after all the various Wemple and Kronheim partnships had finished trading as we can find no mention of new work after 1879

Any info, help or comments would be appreciated