Knopflers Auction Guitar list 31 jan

Seziertisch

Just spoken to the mods and everyone who made Money for Nothing references in this thread is banned for life.

gumbothewiddler

Seziertisch said:

Just spoken to the mods and everyone who made Money for Nothing references in this thread is banned for life.

Perhaps they’ll launch a private investigation.

I’ll get my coat…

stufisher

I thought we'd all have to do the walk of life to twist by the pool and maybe sail to Philadelphia ... aw few I'm going home!

There ... got it out of system  

Voxman

stufisher said:

I thought we'd all have to do the walk of life to twist by the pool and maybe sail to Philadelphia ... aw few I'm going home!

There ... got it out of system  

Wanted to go to Philadephia but I'm in the UK and well, its just ....so far away! 

topdog91

Voxman said:

stufisher said:

I thought we'd all have to do the walk of life to twist by the pool and maybe sail to Philadelphia ... aw few I'm going home!

There ... got it out of system  

Wanted to go to Philadephia but I'm in the UK and well, its just ....so far away! 

Probably be heavy on the fuel. (Sorry.)

Voxman

£550k hammer for the 59 LP

Yorkie

Good to know he's keeping the AC4 and the AC15!

TTony

I've got an estimate from Christies of £400-£600 on one of my guitars.

Shall we start the bidding at £10k??

Whoever put those estimates on Knopfler's stuff should be looking for a new job tomorrow ... 

joeW

TTony said:

I've got an estimate from Christies of £400-£600 on one of my guitars.

Shall we start the bidding at £10k??

Whoever put those estimates on Knopfler's stuff should be looking for a new job tomorrow ... 

them and the entire IT department.  Really earning their 26%. 

Needless to say I got nowhere near the S400’s even the one with almost no connection.  I mean nowhere.  Haha

LPManic

Will any go for six figures?

RobG3294

LPManic said:

Will any go for six figures?

Not now, no. 

Voxman

LPManic said:

Will any go for six figures?

Nah - all the big ticket stuff has gone - unsurprisingly the '59 LP was the most expensive. 

Yorkie

Hilarious... the closest estimate so far is like a quarter of the final price. Several guitars have gone for prices TWO MOTHERFOOKING ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE higher. 

inthesky729

Yorkie said:

Hilarious... the closest estimate so far is like a quarter of the final price. Several guitars have gone for prices TWO MOTHERFOOKING ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE higher. 

Given that the estimate on the '59 was £300-500k, £550k seems quite reasonable!

rlw

Makes me feel much better about my two modest purchases this week...............

RobG3294

Feck me, this ginger lass reckons it's Eurovision or something?

Offset

I'm unschooled in the ways of auctions, but I must admit I thought auctioneers would have been expected to have had a reasonably decent level of knowledge of the clobber they're flogging.  In this instance the auctioneer made absolutely no effort to conceal her total ignorance of each and every lot.  It somewhat took me by surprise but given the amateurishness on display around other aspects of the proceedings, perhaps it shouldn't have. 

Yorkie

inthesky729 said:

Yorkie said:

Hilarious... the closest estimate so far is like a quarter of the final price. Several guitars have gone for prices TWO MOTHERFOOKING ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE higher. 

Given that the estimate on the '59 was £300-500k, £550k seems quite reasonable!

Yeah, missed that one. My brain seems to have an automatic outlier rejection mechanism built in! 

lustycourtier

Voxman said:

LPManic said:

Will any go for six figures?

Nah - all the big ticket stuff has gone - unsurprisingly the '59 LP was the most expensive. 

It wasn’t. The prehistoric sold for more.

rlw

Offset said:

I'm unschooled in the ways of auctions, but I must admit I thought auctioneers would have been expected to have had a reasonably decent level of knowledge of the clobber they're flogging.  In this instance the auctioneer made absolutely no effort to conceal her total ignorance of each and every lot.  It somewhat took me by surprise but given the amateurishness on display around other aspects of the proceedings, perhaps it shouldn't have. 

The assessors, with considerable experience, will value it but It's the auctioneer's job to sell it and if they can do that and get a good price while knowing SFA about it, they are doing their job well.