Dig it! Mark Knopfler guitar auction

[Wyatt]

120 guitars up for grabs.

https://www.christies.com/en/events...he-mark-knopfler-guitar-collection/what-is-on

There is a catalog available for £40!

Some highlights and "estimates"...

Item 1 out of 12

GIBSON INCORPORATED, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, 1959
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, LES PAUL STANDARD
Estimate
GBP 300,000 – 500,000
Part of

The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection

OVATION INSTRUMENTS INC., NEW HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 1979
AN ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC GUITAR MADE FOR MARK KNOPFLER, ADAMAS
Estimate
GBP 3,000 – 5,000
Part of

The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection

SCHECTER GUITAR RESEARCH, VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA, 1983
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR IN THE MANNER OF A TELECASTER CUSTOM
Estimate
GBP 4,000 – 6,000
Part of

The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection

RUDY PENSA BY JOHN SUHR, NEW YORK, 1984
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, R CUSTOM
Estimate
GBP 4,000 – 6,000
Part of

The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection

GIBSON GUITAR INCORPORATED, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, 1983
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, LES PAUL STANDARD '59 REISSUE
Estimate
GBP 10,000 – 15,000
Part of

The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection

STEINBERGER SOUND CORPORATION, NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1985
A SOLID-BODY TRANSPOSING TREMOLO ELECTRIC GUITAR, GL2T

Estimate
GBP 3,000 – 5,000


Part of

The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection

 

[Wyatt]

GRETSCH GUITARS, BOONEVILLE, ARKANSAS, CIRCA 1974
A HOLLOW-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, SUPER CHET 7690

Estimate
GBP 3,000 – 5,000


Part of

The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection

PENSA-SUHR, NEW YORK, 1988
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, MK-1

Estimate
GBP 6,000 – 8,000


Part of

The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection

GIBSON INCORPORATED, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, 1953
AN ELECTRIC ARCHTOP GUITAR, SUPER 400 CESN

Estimate
GBP 12,000 – 18,000


Part of

The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection

 

[Wyatt]

GIBSON INCORPORATED, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, CIRCA 1963
AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR, EVERLY BROTHERS J-180

Estimate
GBP 7,000 – 10,000


Part of

The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection

GIBSON INCORPORATED, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, 1958
A SEMI-HOLLOWBODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, ES-335 TDN

Estimate
GBP 60,000 – 90,000


Part of

The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection

FENDER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CORP., CORONA, CALIFORNIA, 2002
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, ARTIST'S PROTOTYPE, MARK KNOPFLER SIGNATURE STRATOCASTER
Estimate
GBP 4,000 – 6,000

 

[MonkeyZero]

I want that Ovation.
I might actually bid on it.
Never thought you'd see that typed on this forum huh?

 

[Wyatt]

I want that Ovation.
I might actually bid on it.
Never thought you'd see that typed on this forum huh?

Looks like the top is cracked.

 

[jp_nyc]

If Hammet is smart he’ll buy that 59 Les Paul and get Gibson to make him another sig model. For him it’s a tax write-off.

 

[MonkeyZero]

Looks like the top is cracked.

Zip it mister!
Actually I see that now. Good thing about Ovation, that would have zero impact on the playability or tone of the guitar. At the end of the day it's still a collector and that guesstimated price is spot on for the guitar even without his name attached to it.

 

[tiger roach]

I’ll have both lesters and the red Strat please.

 

[GomezAddams]

That 59 burst is going to go for much more than the estimate.

 

[mongooz]

maybe it's an optical illusion, but there appears to be some sort of issue with the Super Chet. look at the angle the strings come from the tailpiece to the bridge saddles.

 

[MonkeyZero]

maybe it's an optical illusion, but there appears to be some sort of issue with the Super Chet. look at the angle the strings come from the tailpiece to the bridge saddles.

It looks to me like the bridge is super high and that's what is causing that visual on the strings. I do see it.

 

[jp_nyc]

The auction was last week. The 59 burst went for $876,000. Which is probably Hammett’s cut of shirt sales at a single Metallica show…

 

[baimun]

Holy Shit...

"Some of the bids blew estimates out of the water. Knopfler’s 1988 Pensa-Suhr MK-1, which he played at Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday tribute concert at Wembley Stadium, in June 1988, went for £504,000 ($643,000), well up on its £8,000 ($10,000) estimate.

And his Red Schecter Telecaster, one of his “longest serving and most heavily toured instruments,” which Knopfler used on the Dire Straits hit from 1985 “Walk Of Life,” collected £415,800 ($530,000); the six-string had an estimate of just £6,000 ($7,600)."