A TRANSITIONAL William IV bench seat in mahogany fetched £2,200 at Denis Drum's most recent sale in Malahide, Co Dublin. The day's next best price was made by another mahogany bench from the same period, which sold for £1,500. A midVictorian cottage sideboard with three mirrored doors sold for £1,350.

Other prices in this auction included: £925 for a pair of watercolours; £750 for a sixbranch Waterford chandelier; £700 for a Victorian threetier mahogany dumb waiter; and £625 for a late Victorian serpentine front rosewood veneer cottage sideboard.