Kurt Cobain’s Guitar From ‘MTV Unplugged’ Sold for Record $6 Million at Auction

Cobain’s 1959 Martin D-18E, which was originally purchased by the Nirvana singer at L.A.’s Voltage Guitars, went for a total of $6.01 million, breaking the record for the most expensive guitar ever sold. The record was previously held by a black Stratocaster belonging to Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, which sold for $3.95 million last year.

website. On Saturday, it received three additional bids, one of which was the winning $6.01 million. The victorious bidder was Peter Freedman, co-founder of Rode Microphones, who was present at the event.

Meanwhile Prince's iconic purple guitar just sold for *only* like half a million. 🤷

Stop the insanity!

Wow, that could’ve been put to better use, no? 6 mil?

He would absolutely hate that

Someone has entirely too much money. What a waste.

Epic album yes. Most important guitar? No

Did you buy it NdumisoIsAFiend ?

Yet the sweater, which is far more iconic of the moment went for like a couple hundred grand I believe. Auction economics are largely circumstantial to the forum or the sale. (I buy and sell, and am a longtime student of the ebbs and flows of auctions.)

yowsers!

Wait until Jimmy Page's Les Paul goes up for auction.

Murdered

Well done that guy 👍🏼

And Prince's Blue Cloud guitar only got half a milion$? I like Nirvana but Prince entertained us too. POC definitely need equality or connections. VOTE!. Next Prince guitar should have a reserve on it like a little red '63 split window 'Vette at a Mecum Auction.

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lol someone has cash to burn

It’s worth at least double that.

More than Leadbelly’s guitar.

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