Dire Straits star Mark Knopfler to auction Brothers In Arms guitars - BBC NEWS

[Pottel]

I fully understand why he would be doing this, except for the Hofner. That one must have some other kind of value for him.

Also, not until now I see that the 1984 Pensa is purple. I always thought it was black, even from the So Far Away video. 

same here, i always assumed it was some kind of blue

[quizzaciously]

The estimated prices are *way* too low.
The 59 LP will be easily above 1 million
Pensa Suhr will get 3 times higher than estimated (probably more)
And more…

I agree. Also red Schecter tele might be way over 10000.

Yeah but remember, MK is not David Gilmour, and some guitars are bound to get fairly low prices. Not a lot of people realise just how cool some of these guitars are.

Expect the guy from guitarmotel.com to grab every single of them.

By the way, "The David Gilmour Collection, the largest and most comprehensive sale of guitars ever offered at auction, sold for $21,490,750"

21 and a half million dollars for DG guitars. Given Mark is at least 10 times less famous, let's estimate his collection to go for 2 and a half million.

[Pottel]

The estimated prices are *way* too low.
The 59 LP will be easily above 1 million
Pensa Suhr will get 3 times higher than estimated (probably more)
And more…

I agree. Also red Schecter tele might be way over 10000.

Yeah but remember, MK is not David Gilmour, and some guitars are bound to get fairly low prices. Not a lot of people realise just how cool some of these guitars are.

just for the record, the DG collection (125 lots vs the 120 for MK) went for a total of some 21 million.
The nile rodgers one for 1,6
the original LP played by LP himself for 930K
it is all relevant...

[qjamesfloyd]

Here is a brief video, I hope there is a longer one to come.

https://youtu.be/U5YRueSKzYQ?si=Y5_tRtPhCX0gIkiT

[quizzaciously]

Here is a brief video, I hope there is a longer one to come.

https://youtu.be/U5YRueSKzYQ?si=Y5_tRtPhCX0gIkiT

Longer video is on Christie's channel:

[qjamesfloyd]

Thanks.

[Maxx]

I fully understand why he would be doing this, except for the Hofner. That one must have some other kind of value for him.

Also, not until now I see that the 1984 Pensa is purple. I always thought it was black, even from the So Far Away video. 

Dunno, it depends on how attached you become to guitars. I gifted my first guitar to a friend once I got a nicer one, don't know where it's now.

I never really had any attachment to instruments, it's, after all, an instrument, a tool, not a piece of your body. But not everybody is wired like that.

I guess you're right. I'm just thinking that the sheer age of it (ofc he has older guitars in his collection) and that it's a sort of novelty guitar would make it fun to have on the wall.

[the visitor]

I don't know about anyone else but this makes me sad ! Seeing the Pensa on there really feels like a moment in time. This all makes perfect sense and I know he's keeping some but it's all a bit final.

[Jules]

I don't know about anyone else but this makes me sad ! Seeing the Pensa on there really feels like a moment in time. This all makes perfect sense and I know he's keeping some but it's all a bit final.

I can understand that most of those guitars are tools that he doesn't use, but the Hofner is something else...

[Eddie Fox]

My understanding is the estimates are based on the market, putting aside the MK factor. All the prices make sense. Of course nobody is gonna go there to buy a red Schecter but to buy Mark Knopfler’s red Schecter - and that’s when the estimates are thrown out of the window. I’m sure a certain Joe Bonamassa is excited.

[skydiver]

I don't know about anyone else but this makes me sad ! Seeing the Pensa on there really feels like a moment in time. This all makes perfect sense and I know he's keeping some but it's all a bit final.

I can understand that most of those guitars are tools that he doesn't use, but the Hofner is something else...

I am with you on this. The Hofner has had such an emotional significance for him (and almost no financial one) that I would think he would let go of it only in the face of death.

[Robson]

If my favorite guitarist sells his guitars, I can only think that the tenth album will be the last. But I try not to think like that.

[Jules]

If my favorite guitarist sells his guitars, I can only think that the tenth album will be the last. But I try not to think like that.

He's not selling ALL his guitars, but the ones he doesn't use!

[Robson]

If my favorite guitarist sells his guitars, I can only think that the tenth album will be the last. But I try not to think like that.

He's not selling ALL his guitars, but the ones he doesn't use!

Yes, I know, but my first thought was sad and reflective.

[jf9081]

If my favorite guitarist sells his guitars, I can only think that the tenth album will be the last. But I try not to think like that.

He's not selling ALL his guitars, but the ones he doesn't use!

Yes, I know, but my first thought was sad and reflective.

This news makes me a little sad... but happy for the charitable side of the initiative, great MK!