A broken guitar belonging to former Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) was auctioned on Saturday. It raised nearly $600,000 (equivalent to approximately $550,000). The electric guitar was a gift in 1992 and features doodles of Nirvana’s band members.
The estimated value was around $ 80,000 (equal to 73,912 euros), auction house Julien’s announced on Saturday. Cobain gave the black “Fender Stratocaster” in 1992 to his friend and colleague Mark Lanegan of the band Screaming Trees.
The auction was part of a three-day “Music Icons” auction that will see more than 1,200 pieces owned by music greats including Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Madonna and Michael Jackson on Sunday evening (local time). A green “Irish Falcon” guitar from traditional manufacturer Gretsch, which once belonged to Irish U2 musician Bono, has already fetched nearly $240,000.
A black and gold jacket worn by Michael Jackson on his 1992 “Dangerous” world tour fetched $117,000.
A bomber jacket worn by Queen singer Freddie Mercury onstage at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 1977 went under the hammer for a whopping $57,000.
Source: Krone
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