Kurt Cobain’s smashed guitar sells for nearly $600,000 at auction – BBC News

A smashed guitar belonging to the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain has sold at auction for nearly $600,000.

Legendary guitar once smashed by the late frontman of US rock band Nirvana has sold for nearly $600,000 (£480,000) at auction Kurt Cobainthe British media reported “BBC“.

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Cobain’s battered black Fender Stratocaster was initially estimated to sell for a tenth of that amount at last Saturday’s Hard Rock Cafe auction in New York.

Cobain, who committed suicide in 1994, was known for his intense live shows.

This particular guitar was destroyed in the early 1990s when Nirvana were working on their breakthrough Nevermind album.

Cobain’s guitar has been put back together, but unfortunately, it can no longer be played.

Signed by all three band members with a silver felt-tip pen. It also features a heartfelt inscription Cobain dedicated at the time to his friend and musical collaborator Mark Lanegan, who died last year.

Cobain, who often misspelled his name, signed the instrument as “Kurdt Kobain”.

It is known that grungy the pioneer has smashed several such Fender Stratocasters throughout his career.

“Kurt was angry and you could feel it on stage. And you could feel it because of the way he treated his instruments,” Cody Frederick of Julien’s Auctions told AFP.

The Fender Stratocaster sold for an estimated sale price of $60,000 to $80,000. Julien called the final bid of $596,900 “amazing.”

According to the auction house, Cobain gave the guitar to Lanegan during the North American leg of Nirvana’s Nevermind tour in 1992.

The identity of the buyer is unknown. The auctioneers name the previous owner as Tony Palmer.

Two years ago, the acoustic guitar Cobain used for his legendary “MTV Unplugged” performance in late 1993 sold for $6 million.

Julien’s three-day sale also includes memorabilia from other music legends, including Elvis Presley, Freddie Mercury, Janet Jackson and Dolly Parton. The auction will end on Sunday.

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