Nirvana, via YouTubeMusicNewsKurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged guitar breaks records at auctionThe guitar sold for over $6 million, shattering previous estimates and becoming the most expensive guitar ever soldShareLink copied ✔️June 21, 2020MusicNewsTextThom Waite Kurt Cobain’s guitar from the Nirvana singer’s legendary MTV Unplugged performance in 1993 has smashed estimates of $1 million to sell for more than $6 million at auction. The $6,010,000 (or around £4.85 million) price tag of the guitar – a 1959 Martin D-18E – also earns it the title of the most expensive guitar ever sold. A total of seven bids were made at Julien’s Auctions, where it was auctioned June 19, with a winning bid from Peter Freedman, founder of RØDE Microphones. Along with the guitar came its original hard case, decorated by Cobain, including Poison Idea’s album Feel the Darkness, three baggage claim ticket stubs, and an Alaska Airlines sticker. It also contained Cobain’s half-used pack of guitar strings, three guitar picks, and a suede “stash” bag. Last year, Julien’s Auctions additionally sold Cobain’s iconic green mohair cardigan from the show (which also went for a record price). Also included in the auction June 19 and 20 was other Nirvana memorabilia, such as the setlist from the MTV Unplugged performance, a smashed-up Fender Stratocaster from the band’s 1994 In Utero tour, and the t-shirt Cobain wore in the video for “Heart-Shaped Box”. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORENeda is the singer-songwriter blending Farsi classics with Lily Allen 6 Flog Gnaw artists on what’s inspiring them right nowDazed Mix: Ziúr Parris Goebel is creating the music she wants to dance toPxssy Palace are ‘rewriting what freedom looks like’The house party isn’t dead, according to a new reportWatch: JT on Ariana Grande, Miami and marrying Lil Uzi Vert7 musicians who had their secret identities exposed‘Mixtapification’: Why is everything a mixtape now?K-pop group RIIZE on the dark side of success: ‘Fame isn’t everything’Dream pop artist Absolutely is in a world of her ownLove Muscle is the beating heart of Leeds’ queer nightlife scene