Kurt Cobain’s smashed Fender guitar sells for almost $600,000

Kurt Cobain’s smashed Fender guitar sells for almost 0,000


GARDENA, California – Could 2, 2023: Kurt Cobain’s smashed Fender Stratocaster is shown at Julien’s Auctions in Gardena, California on May 2, 2023, forward of Julien’s “Audio Icons” auction of about 1,200 items from Rock and Roll history and special artist collections.

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Kurt Cobain’s smashed Fender Stratocaster guitar sold at auction for $595,900, more than 10 periods its unique estimate.

The Nirvana frontman’s iconic left-handed electrical guitar was smashed although the grunge pioneers were generating their seminal Nevermind album in the early 1990s. Reassembled but unplayable, it was envisioned to market for amongst $60,000 and $80,000 at the Julien’s auction at the Tricky Rock Cafe in New York about the weekend.

It capabilities the signatures of Nirvana’s three members — Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl — together with an inscription by Cobain dealt with to the late Screaming Trees lead singer Mark Lanegan. In accordance to Julien’s Auctions, Cobain gave the guitar to Lanegan in the course of Nirvana’s Nevermind tour in 1992.

Cobain, who took his individual life in 1994 at the age of 27, was renowned for his frenetic performances and smashed a amount of Stratocasters throughout his hugely influential vocation.

Nirvana’s handwritten established listing from the band’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” debut performance in 1991 also sold at the identical auction Saturday for $50,800, twelve times its authentic estimate.

The guitar Cobain performed through a legendary dwell acoustic concert on MTV Unplugged in 1993, just five months ahead of his death, was offered two many years ago for $6 million.

A trove of musical memorabilia offered more than the program of the two-working day Julien’s auction, which include guitars played by Bono and Eddie Van Halen, and Michael Jackson’s “Risky” Globe Tour jacket.



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