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Kurt Cobain's iconic blue guitar from the Smells Like Teen Spirit video going for auction in May

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Kurt Cobain's blue guitar that he played in Nirvana's 1991 Smells Like Teen Spirit music video is expected to raise up to $800,000 in an auction next month.With the footage racking up more than 1.4 billion views on YouTube, the 1969 left-handed Fender Mustang is arguably one of the most famous instruments in rock, according to Martin Nolan, the executive director of Julien's Auctions.'This is one of the most iconic guitars ever to come to the auction block, this is the blue Mustang Fender guitar, one of Kurt Cobain's favorite guitars of all time,' said Nolan while standing beside a display of the late rocker's memorabilia at a showroom in Beverly Hills.

Rocking out: Kurt Cobain's blue guitar that he played in Nirvana's 1991 Smells Like Teen Spirit music video is expected to raise up to $800,000 when it goes up for auction next month'The guitar comes with its original case and, also, the guitar strap, so that's ...

really important to collectors when they come to the auction to know the originality,' said Nolan, who noted that the guitar has stayed with the family since Cobain's death in 1994.

The Cobain guitar is the star lot in the auction house's Music Icons auction, taking place in New York and online from May 20-22.Nolan said the auction house has conservatively estimated a price range for the guitar of $600,000 to $800,000 but noted 'that's a very conservative auction estimate.' Iconic: With the footage racking up more than 1.4 billion views on YouTube, the 1969 left-handed Fender Mustang is arguably one of the most famous instruments in rock, according to Martin Nolan, the executive director of Julien's Auctions 'This is one of the most iconic guitars ever to come to the auction block, this is the blue Mustang.

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