PENSA-SUHR, NEW YORK, 1988

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ID 1122718
Lot 17 | PENSA-SUHR, NEW YORK, 1988
PENSA-SUHR, NEW YORK, 1988

A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, MK-1 CUSTOM

The logo Pensa-Suhr applied to the headstock, of a natural finish with gold-plated hardware, together with a hard-shell case, strap and accompanied by an original exhibition loan agreement dated 14 April 2011

Length of back 15 7⁄8 in. (39.8 cm.)





Literature

The Notting Hillbillies, Feel Like Going Home, official music video, 1990.

Mark Knopfler, Heavy Fuel, official music video, 1991.

The Official Mark Knopfler Guitar Styles: Volume I., London, 1993, pp. 5, 6, 8 & 11, cover (ill.).

The Official Mark Knopfler Guitar Styles: Volume II., London, 1993, pp. 6, 7,10 & 12, cover (ill.).

J. Illsley, My Life In Dire Straits, London, 2021, pl. 13, back cover (ill.).

L. Shenton, Dire Straits: A Visual Biography, Bedford, 2021, pp. 124, 152, 154 & 158 (ill.).



Exhibited

Pieve Santo Stefano, Italy, Pensa Guitars & Friends Day 2002, 6 September 2002.

Orvieto, Italy, Pensa Guitars & Friends Day 2004, 17-19 September 2004.

London, The Jewish Museum, Entertaining the Nation: Stars of music, stage and screen, 25 May 2011 - 8 January 2012.



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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