The instrument was reassembled to be sold at auction and the value was expected to reach R $ 300,000
A guitar destroyed on stage by rock icon Kurt Cobain, leader of the band Nirvana, was sold for almost 3 million reais of reais, exceeding value expectations which estimated the instrument at 300,000 reais of reais. The sale was carried out by an auction house, which communicated the result last Saturday, the 20th.
It’s a Fender Stratocaster, which has been restored but is not in usable condition, according to Kody Frederick, a representative of Julien’s Auctions, the auction house, earlier this month.
The auction house’s expectation was that the guitar would fetch around R$300,000 (US$60,000) in a public auction held at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. However, the guitar sold for $595,000, according to a statement released by Julien’s.
“Kurt Cobain, when he was on stage, when he played, he was a machine,” Frederick said,” Frederick said. Among Nirvana’s hits, many of which Cobain wrote, are “Come As You Are,” “Lithium and “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, which became an anthem for many young people.
The rock icon committed suicide in April 1994 at the age of 27.
The three-day auction, which ends this Sunday 21st, also includes items related to the careers of Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Freddie Mercury, Bill Wyman and Janet Jackson.
Source: Terra
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