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Julien's Auctions will be auctioning off over 1,000 pieces of musical history in Nashville, from instruments to outfits, over four auction events from Nov. 14 to 18.
Kurt Cobain of the band Nirvana wore vintage cardigans. The sweater he wore during MTV's Nirvana Unplugged concert sold at auction for $137,500 (equivalent to $176,744 in 2023) [13] in November 2015. It was reported to have a burn hole, a button missing, and discoloration around the pockets.
In November 2016, Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" dress sold for $4,800,000. As of 2022, it remains the most expensive gown ever bought at an auction. [8] In June 2020, the guitar used by Kurt Cobain on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York sold for US$6 million. [9]
Cobain's style was a combination from both male and female fashion, and "his Seattle thrift-store look ran the gamut of masculine lumberjack workwear and 40s-by-way-of-70s feminine dresses." [ 6 ] Cobain's wife, Courtney Love , was mostly known for her " kinderwhore " sense of style used by many female grunge bands.
Kurt Cobain’s mythical 1969 Fender Mustang electric guitar from Nirvana’s landmark 1991 music video, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was auctioned for nearly $5 million at Julien’s Auctions on ...
Now the acoustic guitar the punk rocker played for Nirvana's "MTV Unplugged" session, just five months before his death, is expected to fetch around $1 million at auction in June. Julien's ...
Helen Hall is a rock memorabilia and film memorabilia expert, an appraiser and auctioneer. A former vice-president at Christie's, Hall now works with private collectors, musicians, film actors, directors, auction houses and museums all over the world to research, appraise, authenticate and value objects, manuscripts, clothing and instruments.
A caricature drawing of Kurt Cobain, done by the icon himself, brought in $281,250 at Julien's Auctions Music Icons sale. The sale price was 28 times the original estimate. The drawing, done in ...