Live Auction 21929The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection
A BALALAIKA
Lot 64

A BALALAIKA

RUSSIA, CIRCA 2004

Closed31 January 2024

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GBP 20,160

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A BALALAIKA
RUSSIA, CIRCA 2004
Labelled internally in Cyrillic, engraved on the back of the headstock ‘To Mark Knopfler / from ‘Shangri La’ casino / with best wishes / 27th of April 2005 / Moscow Russia’, the six-staved back of maple
Overall length 26 7/8 in. (68.3 cm.)
Case 29 x 18 x 6 ½ in. (74 x 46 x 16.5 cm.)
RUSSIA

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The Shangri La Casino in Moscow presented this balalaika to Mark Knopfler when he performed at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow on 27 April 2005 during his Shangri-La Tour. The Shangri La Casino was shut down when gambling was banned across most of Russia in 2009.