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Auction Highlight: Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection - Vintage Gibson Les Paul Standard
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6 ай бұрынWatch the moment the hammer came down on Mark Knopfler's Vintage 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. This guitar led the extraordinary sale which realised £8,840,160 and was 100 per cent sold!
Music aficionados, fans and collectors from 61 countries registered to bid, with phenomenal levels of competition across the 122 lots offered, resulting in the auction lasting over 6 hours. 25% of the total hammer price will be divided equally and donated to charities that Mark Knopfler has supported for many years: The British Red Cross, Tusk and Brave Hearts of the North East. 100% of the funds raised from the final lot are being donated to Teenage Cancer Trust. In addition, Christie’s is contributing a further £50,000 to each of the four charities.
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@lessismore4470 6 ай бұрын
I can at least afford watching this.
@Skyfall_Yahlion 5 ай бұрын
Imagine the pressure of the boy holding it has the value goes up. 😅
@aaarrarararrr 6 ай бұрын
Well done Patric. Don't forget to change the strings!
@MisterWade74 6 ай бұрын
Knopfler’s old strings would probably go for a few thousand quid
@los_rubos 6 ай бұрын
Maybe not 😂
@fernandojorgerenart2638 6 ай бұрын
If feasible… how much could MK’s talent be worth? That’s the relative value of money: you can buy a house but not a home, you can buy some company but neither friendship or a family, you can buy fame and popularity, but never true love and authentic prestige. You can buy his guitars, 🎸 but never his childhood passion for a guitar he couldn’t afford, his talent, creativity and genius. God bless you Mark Knopfler! Thanks a lot for sharing your guitars, but most of all, for sharing your unique mastery and outstanding level of creativity you attained with each and every one of them!🙌🙌🙌
@oliveringram3056 6 ай бұрын
Who ever bought that guitar, they will never create the sounds that Mark made with it.
@Badmungo 5 ай бұрын
As someone how doesn't have Claptons ego, I don't hink he cares. he just does what he does.
@itsjim2875 6 ай бұрын
I think the auctioneer is fabulous! I only wish I had the money some of these buyers have so that I could buy at an auction like this.
@simon-oy6um 6 ай бұрын
The guy holding is thinking i'd better not drop it 😅
@dratonbalat3423 6 ай бұрын
It got heavier as time passed.
@dwaynekoblitz6032 6 ай бұрын
I would've handed it off a at 200K! 😂
@ctmcdonaldmusic6787 6 ай бұрын
Knopfler probably has the best touch of all the great rock guitarist
@munter10 6 ай бұрын
He has a very unique and wonderful finger style of playing. certain parts of Brothers in Arms give me goosebumps and tingling sensations. .
@es330td 4 ай бұрын
@@munter10 "Brothers in Arms" (the song, not the album) has the most haunting guitar. I have tried hard to emulate his style but still can't get it right. I love that intro.
@MrJonah53 5 ай бұрын
Who is the auctioneer, I could watch her all day.
@KRAZEEIZATION 6 ай бұрын
The guitars that made great songs great went for great prices!!!
@drticzon 6 ай бұрын
I sure would like to see the full version of the auction. I saw it was posted and went to bed. When I got up to watch the video, it was blocked. I hope you can post it again.
@deserttrainguy3235 6 ай бұрын
I would pay that much only if Mark Knopfler would come along with the guitar and sit in my living room playing it 24/7 for 5 years. Ok....I would settle for 4 years.
@lets_rock_it 6 ай бұрын
I wonder if any of this guitars will ever be played again,cause they should.
@christopherallen7851 6 ай бұрын
Just imagine the value of guitars smashed on stage by legendary artists at historic gigs etc!😃
@christopher-miles 6 ай бұрын
not making this "lot number 59" is just a missed opportunity
@miguelpanta 2 ай бұрын
?
@jayjaycajun3701 6 ай бұрын
I don't think I saw any of his Monteleones listed for auction but perhaps I'm wrong? Those are works of art!❤
@Badmungo 5 ай бұрын
He was only selling his spares. Having that many spare guitars is asuch a rockstar thing. but his strat and the metal big boy will never go under the hammer in his lifetime.
@AnseloSilver 3 күн бұрын
I was at the viewing in NY City, I asked the organizers about any Monteleone guitar and it seems that there were not any Monteleone guitar at auction. Also I watched the whole event online and I did not see any Monteleone, in an interview MK asked Monteleone to make a guitar for him, I guess MK will not sell it.
@markobittner9540 6 ай бұрын
If they ever sell Springsteens old Telecaster it will sell for 1 to 2 Millions easily. But I think many of the iconic guitars will end up unplayed in Museums like Lennons favourite Casino
@deisemelloarte 6 ай бұрын
Where's the complete video of the auction?? Christie's, could publish the MK Guitar Collection auction without the delay problems that occurred at the beginning?
@bobstirling6885 6 ай бұрын
There's a number of other videos up.
@FIL357 6 ай бұрын
I love the music Mk plays - wow £.
@Teleman01 6 ай бұрын
I'm actually totally blown away that these guitars got that much money. I don't even think David Gilmour's guitars got this much money. I was thinking that some of these would only bring about $50-$100,000. There were some ridiculous prices. But hey, what do I know...
@tudormocanescu6182 6 ай бұрын
David gilmour raised 21million$ with his auction, which he donated in full to Climate Change
@shootermcgavin3077 6 ай бұрын
Some of those guitars are worth $50-$100,000 without having someone famous playing them
@barrysheene3408 6 ай бұрын
You don't even think David Gilmour's guitars got this much money? Is it a problem if some people prefer MK and his guitars? Gilmour is a name, MK changed my life.
@mathiskra 6 ай бұрын
In fact Gilmours black strat was auctioned for 3.3 Million $
@djizzah 6 ай бұрын
Gilmour is nowhere near as famous as mark Knopfler even though you personally might be a big fan
@djizzah 6 ай бұрын
Mark Knopfler is easily top 10 modern electric guitar players for originality and fame possibly top 5, household names are Clapton Santana Hendrix Knopflers name is right up there
@miguelpanta 2 ай бұрын
that was quick and easy.
@ComeJesusChrist 6 ай бұрын
Oh, I forgot about this, but I would have been outbid, anyway! Only by around £549,560...
@Taylor___ 6 ай бұрын
Amazingly it didn’t sell for as much as his 1983 Money For Nothing guitar.
@QuantumGamingUploads 6 ай бұрын
I'll buy a house and an Standard instead lol
@charlieritchie5980 5 ай бұрын
A trophy of wealth. Will it sing again.
@yesfrontman 6 ай бұрын
How did the Christie's 'experts' get their valuations so ridiculously wrong? For example: Lot17 Pensa Suhr, estimate £6,000 - £8,000, Price Realised £504,000. Every lot, except one which sold for £693,000 achieved many times it's top estimate. Well, to quote the song, I have this to say to Christies; "I won't get fooled again".
@simonsimon325 6 ай бұрын
They always do this with these celebrity auctions. It's not a genuine estimate just a nonsense figure they make up.
@AnseloSilver 3 күн бұрын
a Pensa Suhr guitar from that year and similar qualities will sell for about £6,000 - £8,000. a Pensa Suhr from MK personal collection can sell for whatever any bidder is willing to pay for it. that is the logic, if we can say logical thing here.
@asdfghjklkjhvbvcvjhvlyhb9957 6 ай бұрын
It would appear that Mark has not sold his two original red Fender strats or his two Schecter strats (red one and Sunburst one) , although I read that the sunburst one was stolen many years ago
@grahamedney2432 6 ай бұрын
Yeah I haven't seen anything of the candy red shecter for yrs, a private buyer has the 2nd tobacco sunburst guitar after the 1st was stolen, and the red strats in the christies sale were later mark knopfler signature guitars that he rarely played, the really surprising guitar to be sold was his mk1 pensa suhr
@asdfghjklkjhvbvcvjhvlyhb9957 6 ай бұрын
@@grahamedney2432 Am I right in thinking the second sunburst Strat was Fender with a tremolo
@grahamedney2432 Ай бұрын
Sorry for the late reply, if its the Strat thats used on the Alchemy concert and live in 85, especially love it on tunnel of love from Wembley, its a Schecter too, love chatting about Marks guitars to fellow fans @@asdfghjklkjhvbvcvjhvlyhb9957
@katthompson3852 6 ай бұрын
Its a bitter sweet thing....
@zenmaestro04 6 ай бұрын
I mean honestly, non celebrity owned 59's are pretty close to that selling price
@QuantumGamingUploads 6 ай бұрын
I am sure thats a reissue one
@stratman9449 6 ай бұрын
it is....worth a few ks but that sort of "money"....really...??@@QuantumGamingUploads
@foldingstars9387 6 ай бұрын
Its not @QuantumGamingUploads
@QuantumGamingUploads 6 ай бұрын
@@foldingstars9387 its the original 59?
@JumpinJeppeFlash 6 ай бұрын
@@QuantumGamingUploads Yes, Marks original 59 Burst that he bought 1999.
@davewilson7565 6 ай бұрын
Loving the auctioneer 👍🏻
@maverick214 4 ай бұрын
You must be the only one. She is awful.
@marcelowanderleycorreia8876 6 ай бұрын
Num mundo onde a maioria não tem dinheiro pra comprar um prato de comida, eu acho um tremendo absurdo alguém comprar uma guitarra usada por 550.000 libras...
@billsedge7360 6 ай бұрын
To someone who has millions of pounds, and there’s a lot of people who have, half a million is nothing,!
@aaabeverages7152 5 ай бұрын
Hendrix Guitars were selling for that when auctioned.
@jamesclerkmaxwell8020 5 ай бұрын
Money for nothing
@andrewlaister2607 6 ай бұрын
Patrick was bidding for me, I got it today it's out of tune can't afford a tuner either now dam 😢
@MisterWade74 6 ай бұрын
Yeah maybe Knopfler will auction some of his accessories, like spare strings, polishing cloths, cans of Fast Fret. Or lint, cat fur and broken latches from his guitar cases.
@infjay8700 6 ай бұрын
if you're a bit stuck Mark, no promises but I can lend you my Squier bullet mate..
@peterkoutros8190 6 ай бұрын
About $750,000 dollars with auction fees.. is a ton of money. But since any 59 Les Paul standard would easily go 250 to 450 grand.. Mark Knopler to me is a legend..so 750 grand to someone that has the means doesn't seem like a big deal..
@TheMidnightOnline 6 ай бұрын
The person who bought probably still needs to take it to a guitar tech to change strings 😅
@SteveBlackdog 5 ай бұрын
On the positive side, with our UK economy in a mess, I am grateful for the Capital Gains Tax mr K will be paying at 28%. He must have made about 90% gain on the £8.8m he sold the collection for. So that’s around £2m of CGT to pay!
@brijones 6 ай бұрын
on the christies site
@richzxc99 6 ай бұрын
I hope it will be played. it would be a crime to just lock it away. And saying that; Ive never bought a guitar without picking it up first.
@srenschjdt2864 6 ай бұрын
its sick
@mark240862 6 ай бұрын
A fully furnished 2 bedroom house in a decent part of the outskirts of London.... Or a guitar..... Hmmmm... Its the guitar for me... And I'll live in a tent.
@Sams911 15 күн бұрын
that Les Paul went dirt cheap.... I was thinking easily 1.5M US .. I mean it's immaculate condition
@user-nz4yd3iu4t 6 ай бұрын
아주멋찝니다😊😊😊
@gben2457 6 ай бұрын
I would have gone 556,000 if I was aware of the sale...oh well, maybe next time.
@MikeWilliams-ly6yv 6 ай бұрын
If they got that much for this Les Paul, imagine what Jimmy Page's 59 Les Paul and doubleneck would bring.
@samclemmons5373 6 ай бұрын
JP’s #1 is likely the most valuable guitar in the world.
@markobittner9540 6 ай бұрын
I guess Springsteens Tele might sell for even more
@paulgeorgia8013 6 ай бұрын
I’ll bet it was bought by the owner of the Colts. He’s buying up all of these major pieces, including Gilmour’s black Strat
@camwinston5248 6 ай бұрын
They say he has been in the hospital since December and in critical care.
@michaelheller8841 5 ай бұрын
The sad reality is that that guitar will probably stay in a showcase without getting played. Mark made that guitar what it is by playing it.
@julianpotentate5942 6 ай бұрын
did he sell the red white fender sultan of swing era?
@vi4utube 6 ай бұрын
No
@mrsayang 6 ай бұрын
he sold 4 red Fender Strats, but all of them with the dark fingerboard.
@julianpotentate5942 6 ай бұрын
@@mrsayang so he kept a few /how about silver one from brothers in arms cover thxs
@mrsayang 6 ай бұрын
@@julianpotentate5942 I did watch the whole auction Livestream last week. Yes, he kept some of his guitars. The silver one from the brothers in arms cover got sold for 107100.- GBP.
@synthverkstad2093 6 ай бұрын
@@julianpotentate5942a similar silver resonator guitar made by ORIGINAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COMPANY was sold for GBP 107,100 but don't think it is the one from to cover as it is listed as made in 1995.
@P3t3rPizzarelli 6 ай бұрын
No guitar player has that much money. Its just not possible
@dwaynekoblitz6032 6 ай бұрын
Amazed at what oil can buy. Off to Dubai. Good bye, American rock and roll history.
@Wobbz9413 5 ай бұрын
BRITISH rock history!
@jimayres8872 6 ай бұрын
another one for joe B
@MisterWade74 6 ай бұрын
That old git would drop it on the steps of Air Force One as he got home from a band practice or tour.
@jimayres8872 6 ай бұрын
thats Joe Bonamassa
@MisterWade74 6 ай бұрын
Yeah I know. That was my attempt at humour.
@MisterWade74 6 ай бұрын
The big clue to the joke was that Joe Biden is unlikely to have band practice.
@EdVanMeyer 6 ай бұрын
Its a guitar, who played it is what is making it 'worth' the price.
@leokimvideo 6 ай бұрын
Wow I never knew Putin collected guitars
@joeg5414 6 ай бұрын
what are you talking about?
@djizzah 6 ай бұрын
Haha, classic comment!!
@MisterWade74 6 ай бұрын
I always pictured him as a pianist, considering his love for Elton John’s music. But there is grainy footage of Putin strumming and singing a wee ditty he was working on called, "All we are saying is Give War a Chance".
@andy70d35 Ай бұрын
More like Zelensky, with the money our useless governments keep giving him.
@thomasbrookes2266 4 ай бұрын
WHY IS MARK SELLING,,, I WONDER
@markobittner9540 6 ай бұрын
Maybe the bidder was Joe Bonamassa . He is the owner of the greatest collection in the world already
@simonwhalley1743 6 ай бұрын
I hope it was. At least he’d use it as it should be, rather than stuck behind a glass cabinet in a billionaire’s basement.
@sastregabirondo9889 6 ай бұрын
Wow
@DR-lg6xr 6 ай бұрын
embarrassing that the auctioneer didn't know bidding was in pounds sterling..... you would have thought they should have known, the amount of commission they were getting
@MisterWade74 6 ай бұрын
She did know. She corrected herself several times throughout the full auction. She made slips. I guess you’re perfect and never have a slip of the tongue?
@billysuter 6 ай бұрын
Kid holding the guitars brow getting wetter haha
@MisterWade74 6 ай бұрын
Yeah you’d think Knopfler’s tech could’ve brought in a guitar stand.
@priesty4783 6 ай бұрын
How absolutely gruesome
@guyb7005 6 ай бұрын
"would you like 550?" oddest auctioneer ever
@luyppi 6 ай бұрын
Imaginais que se le cae al chico?
@GrayT1 6 ай бұрын
Hope he donated some of the money to charity ?
@Alfred-fu1ev 6 ай бұрын
Why ?
@a.l.rockliffe 6 ай бұрын
The guitar sold for £10,000. Someone paid £540.000 for a piece of paper that says Mark Knopfler played it. Insane.
@robjay9524 6 ай бұрын
550,000 pounds of what???
@misaniwa 6 ай бұрын
踊ってはる、、メリー・ポピンズ
@joshuabarron8535 6 ай бұрын
What an asinine price. Yes I understand that it's an original 59 Les Paul, but at the end of the day; it's just another electric guitar. It's only worth what someone is willing to pay. Thanks alot collectors, you people are insane.
@JumpinJeppeFlash 6 ай бұрын
Non celebrity owned bursts now go for $300 000 - $500 000 so this is not overpriced and a fantastic investment.
@aphexlane 6 ай бұрын
Why are you so mad
@hankreardon6998 6 ай бұрын
It was played by The Mark Knopfler.
@multipipi1234 6 ай бұрын
I guess..wood and strings. We humans see things in a strange way. @@aphexlane
@mrt7476 6 ай бұрын
@@JumpinJeppeFlashit WAS a fantastic investment when these were ten times cheaper, about 30 years ago… with the boomer and gen-x market the slowly decreasing (literally), the market price of these items will decline, not increase. Simple supply and demand. Celebrity-owned, you say? Kids these days have never heard of Mark Knopfler. Hard to imagine, but have you heard anyone talk about Elvis lately? I sure haven’t.
@markymark560 6 ай бұрын
Do we know what year Les Paul this is?
@okawami 6 ай бұрын
It's a 1959 Les Paul
@ETCEnterThisChannel 6 ай бұрын
@@okawamiit’s a re issue i think, so not a literal 1959
@doubleotwentyone 6 ай бұрын
@@ETCEnterThisChannel It's the real thing, he previously had a reissue which he used to record Money For Nothing. With the artist association and the rarity/desirability of these guitars, I'm totally not surprised at how much it fetched.
@SwirkH 6 ай бұрын
It's a real 1959, not a reissue. It even says in the description@@ETCEnterThisChannel
@ETCEnterThisChannel 6 ай бұрын
@@SwirkH oh my bad - mistook it for the money for nothing lp. Sorry
@harryhughes4423 6 ай бұрын
Money For Nothing right enough
@dratonbalat3423 6 ай бұрын
I have IYV guitar that plays just as nice😂😂😂😂
@michaelgarrett9492 6 ай бұрын
They gonna find out that rock music isn't very relevant any more. The previous owner wasn't that popular. I could understand if JAY Z owned it or something.
@vaszsolt 6 ай бұрын
oh my god is mark dead? otherwise, why are you selling your beloved guitars? I do not understand !!What do you know?
@potykapapa 6 ай бұрын
ich bitte 100 €
@Stratboy999 6 ай бұрын
Insanity. Or more money than brain cells.
@RockyDave 5 ай бұрын
I decided not to bid on this one.
@Alfred-fu1ev 6 ай бұрын
Unforgivable that the Auctioneer confused £ with Dollars half way through the Auction
@MisterWade74 6 ай бұрын
Oh man, another one. Unforgivable? So I guess you’ve never ever made a slip of the tongue? Or said um or ah when public speaking? Or made a slight error at work then corrected it? What do you do for a living? Fine art restoration? High wire walking in a circus? Bomb disposal? I thought the auctioneer set a friendly tone to proceedings. If you really want to criticise someone for making unforgivable mistakes at work, look at the last two presidents of the USA. One should be in jail and the other should be in a rest home.
@ianjonas7380 6 ай бұрын
Just listen to fat bottomed girls and think about his choice of fills.. Perfect in every way
@frantisca 6 ай бұрын
That ain't working, that's the way you do it: money for nothing, chicks for free...
@jimmygrant3151 6 ай бұрын
Great that he sold this guitar, but this lady needs to keep straight her dollars and pounds. not the same. She made this mistake many time during the auction.
@MisterWade74 6 ай бұрын
Oh man, another one. She made the error and corrected herself each time. Now you can go back and correct your grammar in your comment.
@tsar9341 3 ай бұрын
I would have paid $10 million for this guitar……if I had the money 🙃🙃
@glennwilson19 5 күн бұрын
She needs to sort out her dollars and pounds out. Poor.
@frankvella6159 6 ай бұрын
He must be broke, the dude needs money 😅
@looneyinkproductions-eduard 6 ай бұрын
Ridiculous…
@dimitrispapadopoulos9245 6 ай бұрын
What is with that lady? She needs better mic or breathe exercises of gym..
@crips145 6 ай бұрын
Capitalism
6 ай бұрын
Disgusting these guitars should be at a museum., not at a filthy rich person’s collection.
@laurencewhiteley. 6 ай бұрын
Ideally we'd want to see them played, not sitting gathering dust?
@MisterWade74 6 ай бұрын
@@laurencewhiteley.depends on who’d be playing them.
@MisterWade74 6 ай бұрын
Maybe the filthy rich person will lend them to a museum, just like the filthy rich people who own artworks, antiques, heirlooms, archeological treasures do all around the world?
@stratman9449 6 ай бұрын
folk will pay anything for some "fame"....or whatever....but that sort of money for a "reissue" guitar...??....
@JumpinJeppeFlash 6 ай бұрын
It´s not a reissue, it´s Marks original 59 Burst that he bought 1999.
@Fakano 6 ай бұрын
Welcome to the world of money laundering...
@gunillabergmark3091 6 ай бұрын
I have a tape of Brothers in Arms the Album with the Great Song Money for nothing! 😂❤🎉 In these times now that money Counts so much...😢 Sorry I didn't marry that French Miljadaire...thanks for me. 🩵
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