Guitar that Kurt Cobain used in his last tour fetches over $1.5M | Inquirer Entertainment

Guitar that Kurt Cobain used in his last tour fetches over $1.5M

/ 05:24 PM November 18, 2023

Eric Clapton’s Fool guitar (left) and Kurt Cobain’s Skystang I guitar

Eric Clapton’s Fool guitar (left) and Kurt Cobain’s Skystang I guitar are displayed at the media preview for Julien’s “Played, worn, torn rock’n’roll iconic guitars and memorabilia” in Gardena, California, on Oct. 10, 2023. VALERIE MACON / AFP

LOS ANGELES—The guitar that the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain used during his last tour sold for more than $1.5 million, an auction house announced Friday, Nov. 17.

The American grunge icon played the sky-blue, left-handed Fender Mustang during the band’s In Utero tour, Julien’s Auctions said in a statement.

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“Nirvana played their final show on March 1, 1994 in Munich, Germany and all available concert footage confirms that Cobain played this guitar that night,” the auction house said.

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Cobain died by suicide in April 1994, aged 27 and at the height of his fame.

READ: Fans mourn grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain 25 years after death

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Julien’s listed the final sale price as $1,587,500.

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The Mustang guitar was still intact, unlike many that Cobain destroyed on stage.

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In May, a smashed-up black Fender Stratocaster of his fetched $595,000 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York.

On Thursday, Julien’s also sold a guitar belonging to Eric Clapton for $1.27 million.

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Nicknamed “The Fool,” the Gibson SG is associated with the English musician’s time with the band Cream, where he produced one of rock’s most distinctive sounds.

Its personalized decoration, in a psychedelic style, makes the instrument one of the most easily recognizable in rock and a symbol of the “Summer of Love,” the counterculture movement of 1967 which marked a generation.

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A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the two guitars will go to mental health charity Kicking the Stigma.

TAGS: Auction, Entertainment, Guitar, Kurt Cobain, Music, US

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