{"id":209993,"date":"2026-02-09T22:23:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=209993"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:23:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:23:49","slug":"at-the-mark-knopfler-sale-i-remember-seeing-people-in-tears-a-list-guitar-auctions-are-now-a-firm-fixture-and-the-sums-involved-are-eye-watering-but-who-is-driving-the-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=209993","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAt the Mark Knopfler sale, I remember seeing people in tears\u201d: A-list guitar auctions are now a firm fixture, and the sums involved are eye-watering. But who is driving the boom \u2013 and is it sustainable?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The amount of money changing hands for artist-owned guitars at auction is eye-watering. Amelia Walker of Christie&#8217;s London explains what sells and who&#8217;s buying \u2013 and whether it will last&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/gear\/a-list-guitar-auctions-are-here-to-stay-but-are-the-high-prices-sustainable\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The amount of money changing hands for artist-owned guitars at auction is eye-watering. Amelia Walker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":209994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lse-mrkt"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/209993-at-the-mark-knopfler-sale-i-remember-seeing-people-in-tears-a-list-guitar-auctions-are-now698a5e82916e2.jpg",1280,686,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/209993-at-the-mark-knopfler-sale-i-remember-seeing-people-in-tears-a-list-guitar-auctions-are-now698a5e82916e2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/209993-at-the-mark-knopfler-sale-i-remember-seeing-people-in-tears-a-list-guitar-auctions-are-now698a5e82916e2-300x161.jpg",300,161,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/209993-at-the-mark-knopfler-sale-i-remember-seeing-people-in-tears-a-list-guitar-auctions-are-now698a5e82916e2-768x412.jpg",640,343,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/209993-at-the-mark-knopfler-sale-i-remember-seeing-people-in-tears-a-list-guitar-auctions-are-now698a5e82916e2-1024x549.jpg",640,343,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/209993-at-the-mark-knopfler-sale-i-remember-seeing-people-in-tears-a-list-guitar-auctions-are-now698a5e82916e2.jpg",1280,686,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/209993-at-the-mark-knopfler-sale-i-remember-seeing-people-in-tears-a-list-guitar-auctions-are-now698a5e82916e2.jpg",1280,686,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/209993-at-the-mark-knopfler-sale-i-remember-seeing-people-in-tears-a-list-guitar-auctions-are-now698a5e82916e2-1024x549.jpg",1024,549,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/209993-at-the-mark-knopfler-sale-i-remember-seeing-people-in-tears-a-list-guitar-auctions-are-now698a5e82916e2-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/209993-at-the-mark-knopfler-sale-i-remember-seeing-people-in-tears-a-list-guitar-auctions-are-now698a5e82916e2-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=26\" rel=\"category\">London Market<\/a>","tag_info":"London Market","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/209994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}