This exact model was used on tour by Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and for their. “I immediately knew it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secure it and use it as a vehicle to spotlight the struggles that those in the performing arts are facing and have always faced. Here for sale is a 1959 Martin D18E in natural finish. “When I heard that this iconic guitar was up for auction,” Freedman said through the auction house. Soon after the auction, the buyer was revealed to be Peter Freedman of Rode Microphones. The guitar also came with its original hard-shell case that Cobain had adorned with a flyer for the band Poison Idea’s 1990 album Feel the Darkness. Inside the case is a half-used pack of Martin guitar strings, three picks, and a “suede ‘stash’ bag” that’s decorated with a small silver spoon, fork, and knife. The guitar received seven bids total, including the winning bid of $6,010,00, the Julien’s Auctions website stated. According to Julien’s Auctions, the guitar sold for 6.01 million after fees, making it the most expensive ever sold at auction. Pre-auction bids on the 1959 Martin D-18E, purchased by the Nirvana singer at Los Angeles’ Voltage Guitars and modified for the left-handed Cobain, reached $1 million even bidding officially opened Saturday. Kurt Cobain played the retro acoustic-electric 1959 Martin D-18E during a legendary MTV Unplugged performance in 1993, just five months before he died. Given, however, that a 1973 Fender Mustang that Cobain smashed to smithereens in 1989 sold at auction for an incredible. The guitar's value is estimated at 60,000 - 80,000, with a starting bid of 15,000. The previous record was $3.95 million for a Black Stratocaster owned by Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour. According to Julien's, Cobain gifted the guitar to Lanegan in the fall of 1992, during the North American leg of Nirvana's Nevermind tour. “A blend of acrylic, mohair and Lycra with five-button closure (one button absent), with two exterior pockets, a burn hole and discoloration near left pocket and discoloration on right pocket,” the sweater’s sale could easily more than double the “investment” of its current possessor.Īnd if you’re wondering why Kurt’s cardigan isn’t the property of his immediate family (or at least his bandmates), its purchase comes with a signed letter of authenticity from a “close friend of the Cobain family” who acquired the Cardigan long ago.Ĭobain’s Unplugged cardigan is the standout prize in Julien’s upcoming “Icons & Idols: Rock ‘N’ Roll Auction.” You can place bids remotely and follow the auction live here on October 25 and 26.Kurt Cobain’s guitar from Nirvana’s iconic MTV Unplugged performance sold at auction Saturday for a record $6 million. According to a medical examiners report, he had been lying there for two and a half days and he was identifiable only by his fingerprints. Julien’s set the pre-auction estimate at $200,000, with the garment expected to net a final sale price of more than $300,000. Kurt Cobain was dead on the floor with a shotgun across his chest, fresh injections in both of his arms, and a cigar box full of drugs beside him. But unfortunately Cobain’s cardigan is the property of a poseur fan drooling over the exorbitant return he’ll reap when the rook hits the auction block on October 25. 18, 1993, Nirvana took a trip to New York City and. If that last line in particular made you as an aged Nirvana fan wretch, you’re among friends. Cobain used the Boss DS-1 as his primary distortion pedal for several years before he replaced it with the Boss DS-2 Turbo, though he utilized them both in a fairly similar manner. Kurt Cobain Nearly Banned Dave Grohl From Performing at Nirvana’s ‘Unplugged’ Concert Graham Hartmann Published: NovemOn Nov.
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