A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, SUPRO DUAL TONE

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VALCO, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, CIRCA 1959
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, SUPRO DUAL TONE
Bearing the logo SUPRO / PAT. PEND applied at the headstock, Dual Tone on the pickguard and T19118 applied at the back of the headstock, the body of an ivory colour, together with a chipboard a chipboard case of the period, a set of D’Addario strings, two picks, and a handwritten gift note on Georgetown Masters headed stationery, dated 1 July 1998
Length of back 17 1/8 in. (43.8 cm.)
VALCO

Sale room notice

This lot is accompanied by a silver-plated metal plaque engraved '1958 Supro Dual Tone / Mark, Your past... our present / Love, Weston & Denny', designed to affix to the headstock.

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

Having mentioned that the Supro Dual Tone was just like a guitar he had growing up, Mark Knopfler received this guitar as a gift from mastering engineer Denny Purcell of Georgetown Masters in Nashville, during the mastering of his soundtrack album Metroland in July 1998. In the accompanying note, Purcell wrote: ‘Mark, it is such a pleasure for us to be able to give you a guitar just like one you once owned! What a wonderful connection to your past, our present.’ Knopfler told us: ‘This was just like my second grown-up guitar.’

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