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Kurt Cobain’s iconic acoustic guitar from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance sells for record £4.8million

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THE acoustic guitar which Kurt Cobain played on Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance sold for a record £4.85million. The left-handed 1959 Martin D-18E was used by Kurt in New York in 1993, five months before he died aged 27.

Its sale in Beverly Hills broke five records, including most expensive piece of memorabilia. According to the celebrity auction house, the guitar, which was sold with a personalised case designed by Cobain, is the most expensive ever sold at an auction, beating a Fender Stratocaster used by Pink Floyd guitarist, David Gilmour, 74, which sold for £3.13million in 2019.

Last year, Cobain's hospital gown from his legendary Reading Festival set went on sale for £40,000. The Nirvana frontman was famously pushed on to the.

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