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AN ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC GUITAR MADE FOR MARK KNOPFLER, ADAMAS
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OVATION INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, NEW HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 1979
AN ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC GUITAR MADE FOR MARK KNOPFLER, ADAMAS
Labelled internally C W Kaman II / Made for / Mark / Knopfler / Adamas by Ovation / 4-2-79 No. 727-91 / 1687-5, of a dark grey speckled finish, together with original hard-shell case and accompanied by an original typewritten letter from Ovation Instruments Inc., dated 11 April 1979, with original envelope addressed to Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits
Length of back 20 1/8 in. (51.1 cm.)
OVATION
AN ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC GUITAR MADE FOR MARK KNOPFLER, ADAMAS
Labelled internally C W Kaman II / Made for / Mark / Knopfler / Adamas by Ovation / 4-2-79 No. 727-91 / 1687-5, of a dark grey speckled finish, together with original hard-shell case and accompanied by an original typewritten letter from Ovation Instruments Inc., dated 11 April 1979, with original envelope addressed to Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits
Length of back 20 1/8 in. (51.1 cm.)
OVATION
Literature
M. Oldfield, Dire Straits, London, 1986, p. 130 (ill.).
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).
Brought to you by
Amelia Walker
Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections