Kurt Cobain’s ‘MTV Unplugged’ guitar sells for record-breaking £4.85million

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The guitar Kurt Cobain played during his famous performance on "MTV Unplugged" in 1993 sold for a shocking $6 million at an auction over the weekend. The frontman for the legendary grunge band Nirvana, played a rare acoustic set and cut a subsequent live album mere months before his death.

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Kurt Cobain, the Nirvana frontman who tragically shot and killed himself on the 5th of April, 1994, amid the height of the band’s fame, has become a legend in the rock scene ever since he died. For that reason, much of the memorabilia surrounding him has gone on to become extremely valuable.

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.

The guitar played by Kurt Cobain during his legendary MTV Unplugged set has been sold for a record amount at auction.

Grunge became gold Saturday as the guitar Kurt Cobain played on Nirvana's 1993 MTV Unplugged performance sold for an eye-popping $6 million at auction. The 1959 Martin D-18E that Cobain played in the band's rare acoustic performance and subsequent live album was sold to Australian Peter Freedman, owner of Røde Microphones, at the Music Icons event run by Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, California.

Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged guitar has shattered records at auction.

Grunge became gold Saturday as the guitar Kurt Cobain played on Nirvana’s 1993 “MTV Unplugged” performance months before his death sold for an eye-popping $6 million at auction.

Kurt Cobain‘s iconic guitar sold for a lot of money at auction!

The guitar used by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain during the band’s famous MTV Unplugged in New York concert sold for a staggering $6m (€5.5m) at auction.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorCome as you are — leave with a multimillion-dollar ax. A guitar that Kurt Cobain played during Nirvana’s 1993 MTV Unplugged concert sold for a cool $6.01 million at auction Saturday.

Grunge became gold Saturday (June 20) as the guitar Kurt Cobain played on Nirvana’s 1993 MTV Unplugged performance sold for an eye-popping $6 million at auction.

Ellise Shafer editorThe guitar Kurt Cobain played during Nirvana’s legendary 1993 “MTV Unplugged” session sold for a pretty penny on Saturday at an auction in Los Angeles.Cobain’s 1959 Martin D-18E, which was originally purchased by the Nirvana singer at L.A.’s Voltage Guitars, went for a total of $6.01 million, breaking the record for the most expensive guitar ever sold.