GARDENA, California – May 2, 2023: Kurt Cobain’s smashed Fender Stratocaster is shown at Julien’s Auctions in Gardena, California on May 2, 2023, ahead of Julien’s “Music Icons” auction of over 1,200 products from Rock and Roll history and unique artist collections.
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Kurt Cobain’s smashed Fender Stratocaster guitar cost auction for $595,900, more than 10 times its initial quote.
The Nirvana frontman’s renowned left-handed electrical guitar was smashed while the grunge leaders were making their critical Nevermind album in the early 1990 s. Reassembled however unplayable, it was anticipated to cost in between $60,000 and $80,000 at the Julien’s auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York over the weekend.
It includes the signatures of Nirvana’s 3 members– Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl– in addition to an engraving by Cobain resolved to the late Screaming Trees diva MarkLanegan According to Julien’s Auctions, Cobain offered the guitar to Lanegan throughout Nirvana’s Nevermind trip in 1992.
Cobain, who took his own life in 1994 at the age of 27, was renowned for his mad efficiencies and smashed a variety of Stratocasters throughout his extremely prominent profession.
Nirvana’s handwritten set list from the band’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” launching efficiency in 1991 likewise cost the exact same auction Saturday for $50,800, twelve times its initial quote.
The guitar Cobain played throughout a famous live acoustic show on MTV Unplugged in 1993, simply 5 months prior to his death, was offered 2 years ago for $6 million.
A chest of musical souvenirs offered throughout the two-day Julien’s auction, consisting of guitars played by Bono and Eddie Van Halen, and Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous” World Tour coat.
