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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler is putting some of his guitars up for auction

AP2005

Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler will sell off a collection of guitars he considers “old friends” at a Christie’s auction in London next year.

The musician, whose distinctive finger-picking style drove hits for the British rockers including “Sultans of Swing” and “Money for Nothing,” is putting 120 guitars and amps up for sale in London on Jan. 31, the auction house said Tuesday.

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