Town & Country's house contents sale in Howth, Co Dublin last Sunday saw a late Victorian bowfront inlaid kneehole writing desk make £1,280 and a Victorian rosewood baby grand piano by Collard & Collard £1,060. A set of six dining chairs sold for £1,000, both a breakfront marble-topped credenza and a boulle and tortoise shell cabinet £800 each and an Irish mahogany hall table £770.