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Dire Straits Legend's Guitars Garner Six-figure Sales

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Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler put several guitars up for sale at Christie's in London (Credit: AFP)

Several guitars put up for sale by Mark Knopfler, the former frontman of British rock group Dire Straits, on Wednesday fetched hundreds of thousands of pounds each at auction.

They include the 1983 guitar used to record the band's hit songs "Money For Nothing" and "Brothers in Arms", which sold for GBP592,000 ($754,000) at the Christie's sale in London.

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