The Knopfler Auction

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The Knopfler Auction

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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.
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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.
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He owned a lot of Schecters and other copies which is cool…

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Those 58 ES-335's....hhnngggg
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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!

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

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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. :(

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The supro was way more my thing

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but not at that price, all vastly inflated because knopfler
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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.

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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.
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Someone got Stinged at that price
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Bg wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:31 pm Someone got Stinged at that price
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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.
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Wasn't that guitar also used for Brothers in Arms? I've heard worse tones.
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Hawaiian noises, Cayman prices.

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