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

[dustyvalentino]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196228273497?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=SpGyYuUXQtG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=Z48jxIShSha&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

This one sold for £140! I should have bought more than one!

[Kris-b]

My first thought too😀

[Jules]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196228273497?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=SpGyYuUXQtG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=Z48jxIShSha&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

This one sold for £140! I should have bought more than one!

Thats what I thought in the beguining, but later I had second thoughts, I won't bother going to the postal office as their opening schedule is very small in my town so I avoided the trouble, LOL

[dustyvalentino]

Odd that after a lifetime of buying books this is suddenly likely the most valuable book I own... although it was also probably the most I have ever spent on a single book. Worth every penny though.

[Love Expresso]

Indeed. I knew it would be getting more valuable as these auction catalogues always are not printed in too large editions and almost never are reprinted. I joked about buying 10 of them when I ordered mine. When I checked a couple of days later it wasn't available anymore. Very happy to have it. Very expensive spring for MK fans but buying tickets would have been much more expensive.

LE

[Kris-b]

Yes, and don‘t forget all the travelling costs

[3Strats]

Odd that after a lifetime of buying books this is suddenly likely the most valuable book I own... although it was also probably the most I have ever spent on a single book. Worth every penny though.

Same here, although Christies gave me mine in return for the rights to use one of my photos ! 
 I'd rather have the book than the money. Love over Gold. 

[dustyvalentino]

Somebody asked about the fate of guitars. How about one being resold on eBay? No joke:

eBay Link: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256423401813?itmmeta=01HQS01Y55YPJ3ZGTG1T9D8XGW&hash=item3bb4069955:g:Es0AAOSwfWtlyJI-&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwMg4t8KkUt0MT6PiF01QARROJmQiSlw2xxJ0bJkE1qCfNllFCi02l%2Fo276XxAMHz3n9A0CIdLu5VXEoa3dUHU21dekuOz6KijaKrBnB0l5xLp%2FWtF6iPkaHO4P6qmG5o5Mjezcvs1XpBcHuyqIGGyiVRxO%2FRZhgLlChIMWC2lSYULCou0b3VzUZAYHY61LXZMcVR%2FAR7kH6zArA6Uv0JJgNUNNK4UGklAML8wh%2FiYa3Z9TuCdCcge0TYNxrIJaHOZQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9rih6C-Yw

Lot #104: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6465809?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intobjectid=6465809&from=salessummary&lid=1

Auction ended with zero bids...

[quizzaciously]

Somebody asked about the fate of guitars. How about one being resold on eBay? No joke:

eBay Link: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256423401813?itmmeta=01HQS01Y55YPJ3ZGTG1T9D8XGW&hash=item3bb4069955:g:Es0AAOSwfWtlyJI-&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwMg4t8KkUt0MT6PiF01QARROJmQiSlw2xxJ0bJkE1qCfNllFCi02l%2Fo276XxAMHz3n9A0CIdLu5VXEoa3dUHU21dekuOz6KijaKrBnB0l5xLp%2FWtF6iPkaHO4P6qmG5o5Mjezcvs1XpBcHuyqIGGyiVRxO%2FRZhgLlChIMWC2lSYULCou0b3VzUZAYHY61LXZMcVR%2FAR7kH6zArA6Uv0JJgNUNNK4UGklAML8wh%2FiYa3Z9TuCdCcge0TYNxrIJaHOZQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9rih6C-Yw

Lot #104: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6465809?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intobjectid=6465809&from=salessummary&lid=1

Auction ended with zero bids...

Well, it's a 15K guitar that you need to collect in person from Cambridge, no shipping is provided. I wonder if it will sell for years with these conditions, and I also wonder what the guy who bought it was thinking when he was doing it. In this situation, Christie's estimated prices would come in handy!

[quizzaciously]

Paul McCartney also received a balalaika in Moscow but a couple of years earlier than Mark. And Paul's got a bigger one. It feels weird to say Paul McCartney's balalaika is bigger than Mark Knopfler's.

[quizzaciously]

The price is down to 12,000 pounds: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256458197989?itmmeta=01HSVYQTRFTPB4ZTWKMY0HF1SW&hash=item3bb6198be5:g:Es0AAOSwfWtlyJI-&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwD5DWqILlEJmCxSPfgQWqt6dl2BA6X5mXragHpomzM1h%2F24%2B7keX2ZMZawMOeCqYyUEYcVJnrAnDb14cdPKNg1jp3H6NTQ8KP5zKcdYOCRaSHcTcUtbrpoojrimc8ocs7oDDZhQcA2K8HL9PCz04%2FTjPAMkCul004aK8JS3mbV5xAyQn2RtD6wSJ7of%2Fr3noMOD%2BsKFFb6SdoYJ4BcZQ0sjw1OoKb3p3CuxvVIVg%2BL7qIUpdyg%2B9P%2BPVhzjVpsFUdQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR66s3_7OYw

[dustyvalentino]

Would love to know the story here.

[hunter v2.0]

Probably a case of "omg, I just spent £15,000 on a guitar ...". Or unexpected expenses and now their credit cards are maxed out.

[dustyvalentino]

Probably a case of "omg, I just spent £15,000 on a guitar ...". Or unexpected expenses and now their credit cards are maxed out.

I did raise an eyebrow when people were speaking about these guitars as investment pieces. A lot of them, like this one, are fairly nondescript and not that interesting.

[hunter v2.0]

Probably a case of "omg, I just spent £15,000 on a guitar ...". Or unexpected expenses and now their credit cards are maxed out.

I did raise an eyebrow when people were speaking about these guitars as investment pieces. A lot of them, like this one, are fairly nondescript and not that interesting.

Any regular guitar Mark has just owned and barely used is just nuts to pay that kind of money for. M.J. Franks is a totally unknown builder to me, and a quick search reveals that he's not exactly often discussed online. I'm sure it's a great guitar, but it seems the base model of that guitar starts at the equivalent of £3675. The seller will have a hard time getting rid of this one.