SOME strong prices were achieved at Morgan O'Driscoll's recent contents sale at Dromderrig House in Kinsale Co Cork. The top price of £4,000 was paid for a pair of oil paintings of gun dogs, by R. Clements; a pair of William IV rosewood foldover card tables made £2,800; a set of 12 dining chairs from the same period sold for £2,700; a pair of 19th century French 3ft beds fetched £2,250; an early Victorian walnut davenport sold for £2,000; and a Chippendale style carved giltwood mirror made £2,000.

Among the less expensive items an oak Welsh dresser fetched £725; a Victorian 4ft mahogany canopy bed achieved £800 and a William IV cleval mirror sold for £590.

Morgan O Driscoll's next sale will be at the Old Railway Station in Skibereen on April 6th.