The guitar used by Kurt Cobain during the recording of Nirvana's famous Unplugged concert in 1993 was sold on Saturday at auctions organized by Julien's house for $ 6 million, a record for a guitar. The buyer, physically present at the sale organized in Beverly Hills, is the Australian entrepreneur Peter Freedman, founder of the company Røde Microphones, which designs microphones.
Five times the original estimate
The head of the company immediately indicated that he intended to present the instrument in several cities around the world, the proceeds from exhibitions going to charities supporting the world of entertainment. The price, from $ 5 million raised to 6.01 by adding fees and commission, greatly exceeded the initial estimate of the house Julien's, which had set the starting point of the sale at a million.
So far, the most expensive guitar in history has been a Fender Stratocaster, dubbed "Black Strat," used by British guitarist Pink Floyd, David Gilmour. It had been sold by the musician for 3.975 million dollars, during a sale organized in June 2019 by Christie's, for the benefit of charitable works.
The “MTV Unplugged”, the climax of Nirvana
The semi-acoustic guitar of Kurt Cobain sold on Saturday is a rare model, the D-18E manufactured by the American luthier Martin in only 302 copies, this one in 1959. It responded to the rules of the Unplugged show of the American chain MTV , who wanted guest artists to use only acoustic or semi-acoustic instruments. The Unplugged concert , recorded in New York on November 18, 1993, corresponds to the peak of Nirvana, the most striking rock group of the 90s, which crystallized around it a musical movement, grunge.
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