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They will continue to operate separately until September, at which point both salerooms will be incorporated under the JP Humbert title.

Managing director and auctioneer Jonathan Humbert said: “The acquisition gives us a huge area to source items for sale and as such, should benefit Northamptonshire and help put it on the map as a place of cultural and economic growth.”