a broken guitar hosted by the late Nirvana frontman, Kurt Cobain, sold for nearly $600,000an amount ten times higher than estimated, an auction house said on Saturday.
the shattered Black Fender Stratocaster has been reassembled, but no longer serves as an instrument because it cannot be playedKody Frederick of Julien’s Auctions told AFP earlier this month.
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That’s what the auction house said he expected the instrument to sell for $60,000 at public auction Made at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. However, It sold for $595,000.Julien reports this in a statement.
“On stage, when he played, Kurt Cobain was a machine,” Frederick said.
Nirvana’s hits, many of which were written by Cobain, included “Come As You Are,” “Lithium,” and “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” a song that became an anthem for a generation of teens. Cobain committed suicide in 1994.
Source: Eluniverso
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