Kurt Cobain smashed his Fender Stratocaster back in the ’90s, but the move only jacked up the price of the guitar … going for a whopping 10 times the estimated amount at auction.
The late Nirvana frontman destroyed the electric guitar while recording the group’s iconic 1991 album, “Nevermind,” but the pieces were put back together and sold at Julien’s Auctions this weekend in NYC.
The instrument was supposed to fetch between $60,000 and $80,000, but, as it turned out, it went for an earth-shattering $595,900. It was signed by Cobain and the other two band members, drummer Dave Grohl and bassist Krist Novoselic.
According to Julien’s, Cobain gifted the guitar to Screaming Trees singer Mark Lanegan (also deceased) while Nirvana was touring in ’92 … but it’s not clear who made the purchase at auction.
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Cobain fatally shot himself at his Seattle home in 1994. He was only 27 and at the height of his career and influence in music, having created the so-called grunge movement with some other bands.
