A broken guitar belonging to former Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) has sold at auction in New York for more than $486,000. The estimated value was $ 200,000, auction house Julien’s announced on Sunday. Cobain smashed the 1973 Fender Mustang onstage during his band Nirvana’s first US tour in 1989.
The auction was part of a three-day rock and roll auction that saw more than 1,500 pieces by musicians such as Cobain, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Prince, Amy Winehouse, Madonna and Lady Gaga go under the hammer through Sunday night. time). came.
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A gold 1972 Elvis Presley watch set with diamonds fetched $256,000, a Bob Dylan grand piano fetched $217,000, and a blue Prince guitar fetched $192,000. Round wire glasses that once belonged to John Lennon sold for a whopping $162,000. A pair of worn-out Birkenstock sandals owned by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs also hit the mark several times — the hammer price was more than $218,000.
Several Gibson guitars, made in the colors of the Ukrainian flag blue and yellow, were auctioned at the auction for the victims of the war in Ukraine. A Gibson Les Paul guitar, which ex-Beatle Paul McCartney used to perform in the summer, raised nearly $77,000.
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