Live Auction 21929The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection
EKO MUSIC GROUP, RECANATI, ITALY, CIRCA 1968
Lot 51

EKO MUSIC GROUP, RECANATI, ITALY, CIRCA 1968

A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, EKO 500

Closed31 January 2024

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GBP 18,900

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EKO MUSIC GROUP, RECANATI, ITALY, CIRCA 1968
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR, EKO 500
The pickguard bearing the logo EKO, decal at the back of the headstock MADE IN ITALY, of an ivory colour finish, together with a soft case, original strap, tremolo bar, and accompanied by a facsimile copy of the original invoice from Rudy’s Music Stop, Inc., dated 5 March 2004
Length of back 17 in. (43.3 cm.)
EKO

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Mark Knopfler purchased this Eko 500 from Rudy’s Music Stop on West 48th Street, New York, in March 2004, towards the end of recording sessions at Shangri-La studios in Malibu, California for his fourth solo studio album Shangri-La. Knopfler told us that he tried out a couple of Ekos for the track 'Song For Sonny Liston' before settling for the blue Eko 700 as the right guitar for the song. After recording was completed on Shangri-La, Knopfler kept the guitar for home use. See footnotes to lots 50 and 52.