Dan Evans, 67, is to bang his gavel for the last time at the Seth Hughes & Son showroom in Wrexham.

The firm was started by his wife’s grandfather in 1875 and Mr Evans took over from his father-in-law, also called Seth Hughes, in 1969.

The most expensive item to go under the hammer at the firm was an 18th Century oil painting which sold for £26,500.

Mr Evans worked as an electrical engineer before joining the family firm in 1967 and taking over on the death of his father-in-law.

Posted: 09|20|07 at 4:27 pm. Filed under: UK News.