Mark Knopfler is parting with more than 120 guitars from his collection, including the Les Paul on which he recorded and played ‘Money For Nothing’ with Dire Straits at Live AidAuction HighlightsPop CultureVideo21 November 2023Dire Straits during the Brothers In Arms Tour, 1985-86. Photo: Bob King / Redferns / Getty Images‘I think every guitar has a song in it,’ says Mark Knopfler. ‘It’s a superstitious belief. Whenever I worked with new people, I’d give them a guitar, so as to leave them with something to think about: here you are, maybe there’s a song in this for you.’That was a generous habit, and Knopfler seems to see the sale of his guitars as a means to the same end: he’s sowing the seeds of new music. ‘I spent lots of time with these guitars, but they need good homes to go to,’ he says. ‘Why hang on to them when there are people who would love to have them, and would play them every day?’On 31 January 2024, more than 120 guitars and amps will be offered at Christie’s in The Mark...
