![]() "When I heard that this iconic guitar was up for auction 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.," the new owner explains. He plans to exhibit the instrument as part of a worldwide tour, with all proceeds benefiting the performing arts. The buyer was Peter Freedman, the founder of RODE Microphones, who attended the live auction in Beverly Hills. It has become the most expensive guitar and Nirvana item ever sold at auction. The Nirvana rocker's 1959 Martin D-18E electric-acoustic guitar, which he strummed during the group's historic TV gig in 1993 - five months before his death, has set new memorabilia records after going under the hammer for over $6 million (£4.8 million) at a Julien's Auctions Music Icons event on Saturday. ![]() ![]() Subscribe here for our free daily newsletter.Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged guitar has shattered records at auction. “This important guitar has earned its rightful place in Rock ’N’ Roll history as the instrument played by one of rock’s most influential musicians and icons in one of the greatest and most memorable live performances of all time.”īefore it goes up for auction, the guitar will be on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in London beginning May 15, followed by the Julien’s Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills starting on June 15. “Julien’s Auctions is proud to offer this historic guitar from Kurt Cobain, who upended the music industry and pop culture at large with his mythic performance fronting Nirvana on MTV Unplugged in New York,” Darren Julien, president/CEO of Julien’s Auctions, said in a statement. The guitar will come with its original hard-shell case, which according to a press release features a flyer from Poison Idea’s 1990 album Feel the Darkness, three baggage claim ticket stubs, an Alaska Airlines sticker, three guitar picks, Cobain’s half-used pack of Martin strings, as well as his suede “stash” bag. The 1959 Martin D-18E acoustic-electric guitar Cobain used for the performance will reportedly go up for sale June 19-20. ![]() Back in October, the green sweater Kurt Cobain wore during Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance fetched a whopping $334,000 at auction, and now another piece of memorabilia from that set is slated to be auctioned off by Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills. ![]()
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