How a lot can an unusable guitar actually be value? If it was as soon as performed by Kurt Cobain, then the brief reply is “a lot.”

The Nirvana frontman’s smashed-up Fender Stratocaster bought for $595,900 at a Julien’s public sale in New York City over the weekend.

The guitar, which options autographs from Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl, was anticipated to go for between $60,000 and $80,000, in accordance with NBC News. The guitar isn’t playable, however was reassembled for the public sale.

It additionally options an inscription from Cobain to Screaming Trees singer Mark Lanegan, who died final 12 months. The public sale home mentioned Cobain gave the instrument to Lanegan throughout Nirvana’s Nevermind tour in 1992.

The grunge pioneer took his personal life in 1994 at his Seattle residence. He was 27 on the time and had a penchant for smashing guitars all through his iconic profession.

At the identical public sale, Nirvana’s handwritten setlist from the band’s debut efficiency of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in 1991 was bought for almost $51,000 — or twelve instances its estimated price ticket.

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