Kurt Cobain

The iconic blue guitar played by late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain will be publicly auctioned for the first time in April. The Fender Mustang electric ...

"Kurt Cobain was as great an artistic and cultural force as any performer in the last 30 years, and this auction celebrates his and Nirvana's indelible contributions to rock music and popular culture," Irsay said in the auction house's statement. "We are humbled and grateful that a portion of this auction's proceeds will benefit Kicking The Stigma and our efforts to bring the issue of mental health out of the darkness and into the light." The three-day auction event, which also includes other items, will take place from May 20 to May 22.

"Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite," Cobain said of his famous six-string.

But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. The “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Fender Mustang is expected to sell for $600,000-$800,000. This 1969 Fender Mustang is arguably one of the most recognizable guitars of all time.

The iconic blue guitar Kurt Cobain played in the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" music video is set to go to auction and is expected to be sold for $800000.

Rock and roll fans will have a chance to own one of the most famous guitars in music history. The 1969 Blue Fender used by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in ...

He added that the figure is a “very conservative auction estimate.” “This is one of the most iconic guitars ever to come to the auction block, this is the blue Mustang Fender guitar, one of Kurt Cobain’s favorite guitars of all time,” Mr. Nolan told Reuters. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” opened Nirvana‘s 1991 album, “Nevermind,” and became only the second song from the 1990s to reach one billion streams on Spotify in June 2021, according to Forbes.

The left-handed 1969 Fender Mustang that appeared in said video is among the musical items being auctioned off next month during a three day event called Music ...

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. The auction company’s CEO, Darren Julien, reckons that the guitar is “one of the most culturally significant and historically important guitars not only of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana’s legacy but in all of rock music history”. Want to own the guitar that Kurt Cobain played in the video to ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’? Got $800,000 burning a big old hole in your pocket?

The later Nirvana frontman's 1969 left-handed Fender Mustang guitar is set to be auctioned off.

His 1959 D-18E guitar, which he played during Nirvana's performance on MTV Unplugged in 1993, hit the site for an estimated selling price of at least $1 million. According to the release, the vehicle has remained with the musician's sister, Kim, for the last 28 years. "Rarely do personally owned items from Kurt Cobain with this incredible and unprecedented provenance of his life and career become available for public sale."

If you have north of half a million dollars to spare, you can place a bid on the guitar Kurt Cobain played on the Smells Like Teen Spirit video shoot.

"It is the same guitar that Cobain can be seen playing in the video for Smells Like Teen Spirit. Cobain told Guitar World in one of his final interviews, "I'm left-handed, and it's not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars. "The guitar—a left-handed 1969 Fender Mustang in Competition Lake Placid Blue finish—is expected to receive opening bids between $600,000 and $800,000," Julien continues.

The late Nirvana frontman's left-handed 1969 Fender Mustang in Lake Placid Blue is set to go under the hammer as part of Julien's Auctions' three-day Music ...

The lot came with the guitar case Kurt used, which has a poster of Poison Idea's album 'Feel the Darkness' on it, whilst inside is a bunch of guitar strings, picks, and a "stash" bag. The auction's CEO Julian commented: “[It is] one of the most culturally significant and historically important guitars not only of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana’s legacy but in all of rock music history. “But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favourite.”

The 1969 blue Fender Mustang is arguably one of the most famous in rock and comes with original case and strap, the auction house said.

“This is one of the most iconic guitars ever to come to the auction block, this is the blue Mustang Fender guitar, one of Kurt Cobain’s favorite guitars of all time,” said Nolan, standing beside a display of Cobain memorabilia at Julien’s Auction’s Beverly Hills showroom. With “Smells Like Teen Spirit” racking up more than 1.4 billion views on YouTube, the 1969 blue Fender is arguably one of the most famous in rock, said Martin Nolan, executive director of Julien’s Auctions. The iconic blue guitar Kurt Cobain rocked out with in Nirvana’s seminal '90s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video is expected to fetch up to $800,000 when it goes up for auction next month.

Another major Nirvana artifact is heading toward the auction block. The 1969 Fender Mustang Competition Lake Placid blue finish electric guitar Kurt Cobain ...

The acoustic guitar sold for a staggering $6,010,000 million setting new world records for World’s Most Expensive Guitar, World’s Most Expensive Acoustic Guitar, World’s Most Expensive Martin Guitar, World’s Most Expensive Piece of Memorabilia and World’s Most Expensive Nirvana Memorabilia. The guitar is estimated to sell between $600,000-$800,000, but don’t be surprised if the final selling price is substantially higher. In June 2020, Cobain’s 1959 Martin D-18E Acoustic-Electric guitar he played during Nirvana’s episode of MTV Unplugged was estimated to sell for $1 million.

The iconic blue guitar Kurt Cobain rocked out with in Nirvana's seminal '90s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" music video is expected to fetch up to $800000 when ...

Nolan said the auction house has conservatively estimated a price range for the guitar of $600,000 to $800,000 but noted "that's a very conservative auction estimate." "The guitar comes with its original case and, also, the guitar strap, so that's ... really important to collectors when they come to the auction to know the originality," said Nolan, who noted that the guitar has stayed with the family since Cobain's death in 1994. "This is one of the most iconic guitars ever to come to the auction block, this is the blue Mustang Fender guitar, one of Kurt Cobain's favorite guitars of all time," said Nolan, standing beside a display of Kurt Cobain memorabilia at Julien's Auction's Beverly Hills showroom.

The late Nirvana frontman's left-handed 1969 Fender Mustang in Lake Placid Blue is set to go under the hammer as part of Julien's Auctions' three-day Music ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Cali. – You could buy the guitar Kurt Cobain used in one of his most popular music videos and help raise awareness for mental health.

They will be on display from April 11-15 at Julien’s Auctions Gallery before heading to a Hard Rock Café in London from April 28 through May 3. The guitar is not the only Cobain item you can purchase, though. “The conservative starting estimate of Cobain’s 1969, Fender Mustang, left-handed guitar in Competition Lake Placid blue finish with matching headstock is $600,000 - $800,000.”