Kurt Cobain
Smells Like Inexperienced Spirit …
Smashed Guitars Brings in Hundreds!!!
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Kurt Cobain smashed this white Fender Stratocaster again in 1992 … and, now it’s smashing data — bringing in a whopping sum at public sale!
Dylan Kosinski — president of in style music public sale web site Gottahaverockandroll — tells TMZ … Kurt’s smashed guitar offered for $101,500 to a Texas collector when the public sale closed yesterday.
The piece of music memorabilia sparked a bidding conflict on the positioning … with 5 individuals making a complete of 11 bids earlier than a winner was in the end topped.
The minimal bid was $30K … so, the guitar introduced in a complete heck of much more cash than initially thought.
As we advised you … this guitar was smashed throughout Nirvana’s tour of Europe method again in ’92 — although it was restored to working order whereas the group was nonetheless on tour there.
The guitar was obtained by a crewmember who labored for Nirvana from 1991 to 1993 … and, it was later authenticated by Huge John Duncan — a well-known guitar tech recognized for his affiliation with the band.
Whereas this isn’t essentially the most a Cobain guitar has ever gone for — one in every of his axes that he used within the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” sold for $4.5 million.
$100K ain’t peanuts although … actually placing the vendor into the “inexperienced spirit.”
