A THREE-QUARTER SIZE SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, ST3 JUNIOR

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WITKOWSKI CUSTOM GUITARS, POLAND, 2000
A THREE-QUARTER SIZE SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, ST3 JUNIOR
The decal logo Witkowski CUSTOM GUITARS / JUNIOR at the headstock, stamped 0810693 and HAND MADE IN POLAND on the reverse, the body of an antique white colour, together with a hard-sided travel case
Length of body 14 in. (35.5 cm.)
WITKOWSKI

Sale room notice

Mark Knopfler plans to donate no less than 25% of the total hammer price received, to be split equally between The British Red Cross Society (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 220949, Scotland with charity number SC037738, Isle of Man with charity number 0752, and Jersey with charity number 430), Brave Hearts of the North East (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 1006247) and the Tusk Trust Limited (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 1186533).

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Lot Essay

As part of the promotional tour following the release of his second solo studio album Sailing To Philadelphia on 26 September 2000, Mark Knopfler visited Poland to film an intimate concert at the Lokomotywa Club in Warsaw on 7 December 2000 for broadcast on TVP-1 the following week. At the after-party, luthier Marek Witkowski presented Mark with this petite Witkwoski ST3 Junior guitar, which would be a convenient size for travelling. Often presented with guitars by their makers when on tour, Knopfler told us: 'I always try to see them, always try to play ‘em, and always gave them a fair shake because, you know, you realise what a thing you’ve taken on if you want to build something, and build something well.'

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