Live Auction 21929The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection
DRALEON CUSTOM INSTRUMENTS, CHINA, 2006
Lot 85

DRALEON CUSTOM INSTRUMENTS, CHINA, 2006

AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR IN THE STYLE OF SELMER-MACCAFERRI

Closed31 January 2024

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DRALEON CUSTOM INSTRUMENTS, CHINA, 2006
AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR IN THE STYLE OF SELMER-MACCAFERRI
Labelled internally draleon / Custom Instruments / Model: GTD8100 / Completed: 6/2006 / Serial Number: 5GD81 / Handcrafted with pride in China, of a sunburst finish, together with a hard-shell case
Length of back 18 ½ in. (47.2 cm.)
DRALEON

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Acquired in 2007, Mark Knopfler told us that the Draleon was occasionally used for backstage fan meets and greets and also as a guitar placed in hotel rooms when he was on tour. According to Guy Fletcher, who owns a similar Draelon in a blonde finish, the guitars were made by luthier Gordon Roberts for Draleon.