Let's look at Knopfler's guitars
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Utter madness
Mass hysteria ?
https://www.christies.com/en/auction/the-mark-knop...
Mass hysteria ?
https://www.christies.com/en/auction/the-mark-knop...
Edited by Elderly on Thursday 1st February 10:54
8 million with 25% going to charity https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-6816...
LimmerickLad said:
I went inside his garage in London about 25 years ago..................you want to see some of the cars he has and how much they must be worth
Was that near Maida Vale ? If so I think I used to live near & walk past it many years ago (late 90s). This place - https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/fierce-...
Edited by Chris Type R on Thursday 1st February 11:56
Chris Type R said:
LimmerickLad said:
I went inside his garage in London about 25 years ago..................you want to see some of the cars he has and how much they must be worth
Was that near Maida Vale ? If so I think I used to live near & walk past it many years ago (late 90s). This place - https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/fierce-...
Edited by Chris Type R on Thursday 1st February 11:56
sorry for the thread diver but this is PH after all
2 GKC said:
The insanity was the stupid estimates put on by Christie’s and the two hour delay to the start of the auction because it was more popular than they thought it would be.
These were always going to go for a fortune.
Good day for Christie’s; they’ll have trousered over £2m of the trial
I actually have a few of those guitars, same model, same year, and same colour even. The estimates were probably twice what I would consider mine were worth, and while they are owned by Knopfler they were not any of the famously associated ones. These were always going to go for a fortune.
Good day for Christie’s; they’ll have trousered over £2m of the trial
I particularly like the ES135,
“Acquired in 2018, Mark Knopfler tried this guitar during the recording process to get an idea of the sound and where it might fit in a particular song, yet this ES-135 never made it onto a record. From time to time, Knopfler kept this guitar in his study for home use.”
So he bought it second hand, didn’t like the sound, then basically had it kicking about at home.
Thirty seven grand! Thirty seven grand!
gazza285 said:
I actually have a few of those guitars, same model, same year, and same colour even. The estimates were probably twice what I would consider mine were worth, and while they are owned by Knopfler they were not any of the famously associated ones.
I thought this one was quite famous / significant, before reading the lot essay - https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6465742?ldp_brea...Chris Type R said:
I thought this one was quite famous / significant, before reading the lot essay - https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6465742?ldp_brea...
Exactly, that’s a grands worth, fifteen hundred on a good day. It has no history, no fantastic back story other than it was given to Mark Knopfler. Over a hundred grand? bks.Gassing Station | Music | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff