The Knopfler Auction

The vintage gear forum, named in honour of the hundreds of people left vintage samick guitars in an estate....

Moderators: Slowy, Capt. Black

Post Reply
User avatar
Slowy
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 24542
meble-kuchenne.warszawa.pl
Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:13 pm
Location: Orcland
Has liked: 1200 times
Been liked: 2842 times

The Knopfler Auction

Post by Slowy »

https://www.christies.com/auction/auction-21929-cks

Did anyone see this? Some impressive prices. That MK Suhr on Tm might be a steal after the original sold for a million bucks (Kiwi)
Click on a guitar then 'lot essay' on the left for the full story.
Top
User avatar
sizzlingbadger
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 8647
Joined: Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:12 am
Location: Wire Wrapper
Has liked: 1341 times
Been liked: 1516 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by sizzlingbadger »

Yeah I watched it on Youtube. There were some interesting pre-auction video's with Mark too. I learn't that on Money For Nothing he used a re-issue LP and he got his '59 later.
"Revolt Against the Solid State"
Top
NZTone.e
PRS
PRS
Posts: 948
Joined: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:40 pm
Has liked: 18 times
Been liked: 82 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by NZTone.e »

He owned a lot of Schecters and other copies which is cool…
Top
User avatar
GrantB
ADMIN
Posts: 16942
Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2003 9:04 am
Location: Where I need to be
Has liked: 1626 times
Been liked: 2440 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by GrantB »

Those 58 ES-335's....hhnngggg
"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that this nature he's destroying is this god he's worshipping." - Hubert Reeves
Top
User avatar
olegmcnoleg
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 5955
Joined: Sat Dec 21, 2013 11:26 am
Location: Awkland
Has liked: 978 times
Been liked: 837 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by olegmcnoleg »

Incredible. Some fantastic guitars on off. But from the prices, two different people paid over 100,000 quid for an Ovation he owned. Just wow!
Top
User avatar
robthemac
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 10130
Joined: Sun Apr 28, 2019 3:47 pm
Has liked: 1231 times
Been liked: 1742 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by robthemac »

Those LPs must be pretty high on the list of most expensive guitars of all time.

It's the amps that sizzled my bacon. Concert, Vibrolux, Vibroverb, JTM45....
Jops wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:46 am Spring is the comic sans of reverbs anyway.
Top
Aquila Rossa
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 5115
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:53 pm
Location: Auckland
Has liked: 206 times
Been liked: 159 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by Aquila Rossa »

The 1985 Les Paul going for almost as much as the 1959 one surprised me.

Was it BG who grabbed the Steinberger?

The Southern Jumbo looks almost exactly like the one I had when I was 16 that I bought saving up my 1980s building site money. It was mid '50s too. :(

https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-64657 ... r4vKfqYDv8
Top
User avatar
Bg
Site Admin
Posts: 44443
Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2003 12:13 am
Location: Sunny Nelson
Has liked: 2410 times
Been liked: 4313 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by Bg »

The supro was way more my thing

https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-64657 ... mary&lid=1

but not at that price, all vastly inflated because knopfler
Its not enough that we succeed, we still need others to fail
Top
User avatar
Lyle
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 2462
Joined: Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:34 pm
Location: Hamilton
Has liked: 113 times
Been liked: 316 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by Lyle »

Aquila Rossa wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:08 pm The 1985 Les Paul going for almost as much as the 1959 one surprised me.
The '83? That's the guitar he used to record Money for Nothing which probably cranks up the value a whole lot.
Top
User avatar
Slowy
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 24542
Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:13 pm
Location: Orcland
Has liked: 1200 times
Been liked: 2842 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by Slowy »

Aquila Rossa wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:08 pm The 1985 Les Paul going for almost as much as the 1959 one surprised me.
It's Money for Nothing.
Top
User avatar
Bg
Site Admin
Posts: 44443
Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2003 12:13 am
Location: Sunny Nelson
Has liked: 2410 times
Been liked: 4313 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by Bg »

Someone got Stinged at that price
Its not enough that we succeed, we still need others to fail
Top
User avatar
Slowy
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 24542
Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:13 pm
Location: Orcland
Has liked: 1200 times
Been liked: 2842 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by Slowy »

Bg wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:31 pm Someone got Stinged at that price
Parade it around. Maybe the chicks will be free.
Top
User avatar
robthemac
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 10130
Joined: Sun Apr 28, 2019 3:47 pm
Has liked: 1231 times
Been liked: 1742 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by robthemac »

Lyle wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:32 pm
Aquila Rossa wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:08 pm The 1985 Les Paul going for almost as much as the 1959 one surprised me.
The '83? That's the guitar he used to record Money for Nothing which probably cranks up the value a whole lot.
A bargain at twice the price.
Jops wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:46 am Spring is the comic sans of reverbs anyway.
Top
User avatar
robthemac
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 10130
Joined: Sun Apr 28, 2019 3:47 pm
Has liked: 1231 times
Been liked: 1742 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by robthemac »

Wasn't that guitar also used for Brothers in Arms? I've heard worse tones.
Jops wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:46 am Spring is the comic sans of reverbs anyway.
Top
User avatar
Litterick
Vintage Post Junkie
Vintage Post Junkie
Posts: 1017
Joined: Wed Jul 04, 2018 1:19 pm
Has liked: 340 times
Been liked: 127 times

Re: The Knopfler Auction

Post by Litterick »

Hawaiian noises, Cayman prices.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Wow!Rare!Collectible!!!!”