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Cobain's MTV Unplugged guitar sells for US $6m at auction

Cobain's MTV Unplugged guitar sells for US $6m at auction

By Naveel Krishant
22/06/2020
Cobain died just five months after the performance [Image:BBC]

A guitar played by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in a rare acoustic concert has sold for a record US $6 million.

Cobain played the retro acoustic-electric 1959 Martin D-18E during a legendary MTV Unplugged performance in 1993, just five months before he died.

Bidding in Los Angeles opened at $1m and was won by Rode Microphones founder Peter Freedman.

Nirvana's acoustic performance for the MTV Unplugged series on 18 November 1993 is now considered one of history's greatest live performances.

[Source: BBC]

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