A broken electric guitar Kurt Cobainfamous and late leader of Nirvana, was sold this weekend at an auction in New York for nearly $600,000, multiplying the base price by ten with which the sale began, according to reports from the US auction house.
Cobain, what committed suicide at age 27destroyed this brand guitar fender stratocaster, one of many he knew how to shatter in his recitals, in the early 90s, when the band was in full swing with the iconic album It does not matter. according to the house by Julienwhich sold a thousand historical musical objects between Friday and Sunday at the Hard Rock Café, “the guitar is useless”.
The instrument, they said, is restored but “it doesn’t even make an E minor”. Nonetheless, the auction started at an estimate of between $60,000 and $80,000 and shot up to exactly 596,900 after about thirty offers and sets, as reported by the company through a press release.
The guitar is signed by Kurt Cobain and his bandmates Christ Novoselic AND Dave GrohlAND includes a dedication to his friend Mark Laneganof the Screaming treeswho received the instrument at the end of 1992, during the tour of It does not matter.
The high price tag achieved by the tool seems like nothing compared to the 6 million another Cobain guitar raised in 2020the 1969 Martin D-18E that he used in the unforgettable concert of MTV “Unplugged” shortly before his death. That guitar has it the record for the most expensive ever to be auctioned.
Exactly one year ago, another one viola by Cobain – billed as “one of grunge’s most iconic guitars”. The operation was carried out in New York for a millionaire sum: four and a half million dollars.
It was the Fender Mustang with which the singer had recorded the video of the hit smells like Teen Spirita classic that in the early 90s catapulted into disco It does not matter and the band at the pinnacle of rock.
This legendary guitar was owned by Jim Irsay (owner of the Indianapolis Colts football team), and part of the proceeds went to fund a mental health campaign.
Both Irsay and her daughter, Kalen Jackson, said yes Cobain’s family supported the decision and made other items of the songwriter available American at auction.
After that auction, the Irsays announced that they would contribute the (by no means inconsiderable) sum of $16 million to the Mental Health Initiative.
The most expensive guitars in the world
The ranking of emblematic guitars up for auction is led by the acoustic used by Cobain with Nirvana on the famous MTV.
Cobain’s viola surpassed Cobain’s Stratocaster in terms of dollars spent (six million). david gimour (guitarist of Pink Floyd) and that of Jimmy Hendrix. Also -and this is no small thing- to the Gibson J-160E’s John Lennonwho lead the most expensive guitar auctions in history.
Source: Clarin
