The instrument was the headlining item in a three-day auction of pieces of rock history
The black, left-handed Fender Stratocaster went for $595,000 when it was auctioned at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City over the weekend. . The guitar, which had been reassembled but remains unplayable, was originally valued between $60,000 and $80,000. Nirvana’s popularity soared with their second album, “Nevermind.” Released in September 1991, the record had sold more than 1 million copies in the US by the end of that year. In 1992, it reached the No.
” Engraved on the guitar’s neck plate are the words “Boddah Lives,” referring to Cobain’s childhood imaginary friend. Also up for auction was a Nirvana set list, believed to be handwritten in pink marker pen by Grohl for the band’s April 17, 1991 show at OK Hotel in Seattle, Washington. This was the band’s debut performance of their breakthrough hit, “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” The set list sold for $50,800, 12 times the original estimate of $4,000.
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