The iconic blue guitar that Kurt Cobain rocked in Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video in the 1990s is expected to fetch $800,000 when it goes up for auction next month.
With “Smells Like Teen Spirit” racking up more than 1.4 billion YouTube views, the 1969 blue Fender guitar is arguably one of rock’s most famous, said Martin Nolan, executive director of Julien’s Auctions.
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“This is one of the most iconic guitars ever to come up for auction, this is the blue Mustang Fender guitar, one of Kurt Cobain’s all-time favorite guitars,” Nolan said, alongside an exhibit of Kurt Cobain memorabilia at Julien’s Auction’s Beverly Hills Showroom.
“The guitar comes with the original case and also the guitar strap, so it’s very important for collectors when they go to auction to know the originality,” said Nolan, who noted that the guitar has stayed with the family since the death of Cobain in 1994.
The Cobain guitar is the star of the auction house’s Music Icons auction, which runs in New York and online May 20-22.
Nolan said the auction house conservatively estimated a price range for the guitar of $600,000 to $800,000, but noted that “this is a very conservative auction estimate.”
The auction house said a portion of the proceeds would go to a mental health charity.
The auction also features other items, including an original Kurt Cobain artwork of Michael Jackson, which is expected to fetch $40,000 and one of his cars, a 1965 Dodge Dart, which is expected to be worth between $400,000 to $600,000.
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