{"id":321370,"date":"2025-04-27T21:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/kurt-cobains-smashed-guitar-sells-for-more-than-100k"},"modified":"2025-04-27T21:49:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:49:20","slug":"kurt-cobains-smashed-guitar-sells-for-more-than-100k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/kurt-cobains-smashed-guitar-sells-for-more-than-100k","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Cobain&#039;s Smashed Guitar Sells For Greater than $100K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" readability=\"8\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n       <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Kurt Cobain<\/span><br \/><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Smells Like Green Spirit \u2026<\/span><br \/><span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">Smashed Guitars Brings in Thousands!!!<\/span><br \/><\/h2>\n<p>\n      Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-27T17:29:17-07:00\">April 27, 2025 5:29 PM PDT<\/time>\n                   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"54.9029126214\">\n<section id=\"cb-71ee2dd30233b5ab25a6a23ec3924e2b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250408_3b02b35d62d44e588a6b9492758bd364\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5d9b5af0-0baa-4496-acaf-5be2f749a127\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"collector\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744119086_365_Kurt-Cobain039s-Smashed-Guitar-to-Be-Auctioned-for-30K.jpg\" alt=\"kurt cobain nirvana white guitar GottaHaveRockandRoll 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6f6dd316ba4760e19bf5ebd297cb99db\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30.7214285714\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kurt-cobain\/\"><strong>Kurt Cobain<\/strong><\/a> smashed this white Fender Stratocaster back in 1992 \u2026 and, now it\u2019s smashing records \u2014 bringing in a whopping sum at auction!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-fd51388e1a05d5f24c7bf6b94eb225e6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29.9948186528\">\n<p><strong>Dylan Kosinski<\/strong> \u2014 president of popular music auction site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gottahaverockandroll.com\/\"><strong>Gottahaverockandroll<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 tells TMZ \u2026 Kurt\u2019s smashed guitar sold for $101,500 to a Texas collector when the auction closed yesterday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9df54f2a88a6b607b1fc3eb0a8d37b50\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5dbb685c1f5a2012727ad96004de78c2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>The piece of music memorabilia sparked a bidding war on the site \u2026 with five people making a total of 11 bids before a winner was ultimately crowned.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d97e3eae9320c93afc53f4f631a09c01\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>The minimum bid was $30K \u2026 so, the guitar brought in a whole heck of a lot more money than initially thought.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0da03c0c38eb3448049036fa89b4d49a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250408_157460cac9ff4cb3a73654012950f097\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5d9b5af0-0baa-4496-acaf-5be2f749a127\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744119086_413_Kurt-Cobain039s-Smashed-Guitar-to-Be-Auctioned-for-30K.jpg\" alt=\"big john duncan letter of authenticity white guitar nirvana GottaHaveRockandRoll 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode (middle, 1) --><center\/><!-- \/adman_adcode (middle) --><br \/>\n<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-cfa2ddddd35b9b64f6c50ba5365294f2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29.8735632184\">\n<p>As we told you \u2026 this guitar was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/08\/kurt-cobain-smashed-nirvana-guitar-auction\/\"><strong>smashed<\/strong><\/a> during Nirvana\u2019s tour of Europe way back in \u201992 \u2014 though it was restored to working order while the group was still on tour there.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e90caaf4451a551f714206eeff710d99\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>The guitar was obtained by a crewmember who worked for Nirvana from 1991 to 1993 \u2026 and, it was later authenticated by <strong>Big John Duncan<\/strong> \u2014 a famous guitar tech known for his association with the band.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-19ee1324ac189b4a5149130ec25f87f7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250427_e12957f582da40629a7872deac03d409\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5d9b5af0-0baa-4496-acaf-5be2f749a127\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kurt-Cobain039s-Smashed-Guitar-Sells-For-More-than-100K.jpg\" alt=\"Kurt-Cobain-guitar-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-65c1d54c2715ad4f2c2369df4a6ce2e0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>While this isn\u2019t the most a Cobain guitar has ever gone for \u2014 one of his axes that he used in the \u201cSmells Like Teen Spirit\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/05\/23\/kurt-cobains-smells-like-teen-spirit-guitar-sells-for-45m-at-auction\/\"><strong>sold for $4.5 million<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c7a0c619fffff9b80dd676c8c5fd788e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>$100K ain\u2019t peanuts though \u2026 certainly putting the seller into the \u201cgreen spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a 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