Dire Straits star Mark Knopfler’s guitars sell for more than £8m at auction

Meanwhile, the Teenage Cancer Trust will obtain all the £403,200 raised from Knopfler’s 2021 Gibson Les Paul “gold top” guitar – signed by 33 stars together with the late Jeff Beck, Ronnie Wood, Sir Brian May, Sting, Sir Ringo Starr and Bruce Springsteen.