In 2000, Mark Knopfler did his promotion tour for the Sailing to Philadelphia. He also visited Brazil and appeared in the program Video Show on 20th November 2000. The host of the show is Brazilian musician Herbert Vianna. He presented Mark a Brazilian guitar, a Giannini Craviola. Mark was very pleased with it. He said: "You can tell whether an instrument it good or not just by picking it up" while lifting it up several times. I guess he wouldn't have said that when he concidered it a bad guitar. See here for another picture of the guitar.

Giannini is a traditional Brazilian guitar factory. The Craviola model is a premium product of Giannini made with high quality pieces.

This guitar was auctioned at Christie's in London on 31st January 2024. It was sold for 15.120 Pounds.