Last month, McCartney’s handwritten ‘Hey Jude’ lyrics sold for nearly $1 million, also at Julien’s Auctions.
Other items in the sale include Prince’s 1984 custom-made blue cloud guitar, which featured in his 1984 film Purple Rain (selling with an estimate of $100,000-200,000) and Paul McCartney’s handwritten working lyrics for ‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’ (estimate of $200,000-300,000). Three baggage claim ticket stubs are affixed to the handle of the case. See also: Frank Sinatra's Piano Sells for Over $100,000 Prince’s 1984 custom-made blue cloud guitar is for sale in Julien’s Auctions’ Music Icons auction on 19-20 June. Leading up to their 1993 MTV Unplugged performance, Nirvana was the most popular band in the world, but only two years had passed between the time Nirvana hit the mainstream in 1991 and their iconic MTV Unplugged appearance. The storage compartment contains Cobain’s half-used pack of guitar strings, picks and a suede ‘stash bag’. Three baggage claim ticket stubs are attached to the handle, and an Alaska Airlines sticker is affixed to the case. The guitar comes with the original hard-shell case, which is decorated by Cobain with a flyer from the punk rock band Poison Idea’s 1990 album Feel the Darkness. Kurt Cobain’s 1959 Martin D-18E, played during Nirvana’s historic ‘MTV Unplugged Performance’, is going under the hammer next month. Last year, the cardigan Cobain wore during this performance sold for $334,000, also at Julien’s Auctions. (The case is also stamped with three baggage-claim ticket stubs and an. It is the headline for the Music Icons auction, to be hosted by Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills on June 19-20. The Guitar Kurt Cobain Played During Nirvana’s ‘MTV Unplugged’ is Going Up for Auction for an Estimated 1 Million. Now, this very guitar is going under the hammer, with a starting estimate of $1 million. He played it in what Rolling Stone called “his last self portrait”: “Surrounded by lilies, the flowers of death, Kurt Cobain sat on a soundstage almost five months before his suicide and made his last self-portrait.”
1 on the US Billboard charts, earn a multi-platinum certification, win the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1996 and, still today, is consistently ranked among the top ten live albums of all time.ĭuring Nirvana’s flawless performance that night was Kurt Cobain’s mastery of the guitar, a 1959 Martin D-18E. The Music Icons auction will take place live and online in Beverly Hills on June 19 and June 20.On November 18, 1993, Nirvana produced one of the greatest live albums of all time: MTV Unplugged in New York. Last year, the cardigan he wore during the Unplugged performance was sold by Julien's Auctions for a record 334,000 dollars (GBP 271,000). Three baggage claim ticket stubs are attached to the handle, along with an Alaska Airlines sticker affixed to the case and the storage compartment contains Cobain's half-used pack of guitar strings, picks and a suede "stash bag".Īlong with the Unplugged guitar, the Music Icons sale will feature other Nirvana lots included a Fender Strat used by Cobain during the 1994 In Utero Tour and the silver lame shirt he wore in the Heart-Shaped Box video. "This important guitar has earned its rightful place in rock 'n' roll history as the instrument played by one of rock's most influential musicians and icons in one of the greatest and most memorable live performances of all time."Ĭobain's guitar comes with the original hard-shell cased decorated by the singer-songwriter with a flyer from the punk rock band Poison Idea's 1990 album Feel The Darkness. The instrument will be on public display at the Hard Rock Cafe in Piccadilly Circus from May 15 to 31, before being moved to Julien's Auctions's gallery in Beverly Hills from June 15 to 19.ĭarren Julien, president and chief executive officer of Julien's Auctions, said: "Julien's Auctions is proud to offer this historic guitar from Kurt Cobain, who upended the music industry and pop culture at large with his mythic performance fronting Nirvana on MTV Unplugged in New York.
The guitar is the headline item for Julien's Auctions's Music Icons event taking place in Beverly Hills in June.
0 kommentar(er)
