The storage compartment of the case also contains Cobain's half used pack of Martin guitar strings, three guitar picks, and his suede "stash" bag decorated with a miniature silver spoon, fork, and knife.įans can also have a chance to view the rock 'n' roll artifact in the window display of the Hard Rock Cafe Piccadilly Circus beginning on May 15 until May 31, then at Julien's Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills from June 15 through June 19 before the auction. Three baggage claim ticket stubs are attached to the handle, along with an Alaska Airlines sticker affixed to the case. In addition, the sale of the guitar comes with its original hard-shell case decorated by Cobain with a flyer from the punk rock band POISON IDEA's 1990 album "Feel The Darkness". The starting estimate for the guitar is one million U.S. It was the seventh of only 302 D-18Es built by Martin and was customized by Cobain who added a Bartolini pickup to the soundhole. Cobain's mastery of this guitar along with NIRVANA's flawless acoustic and vocal performance propelled the "MTV Unplugged In New York" album to multi-platinum certification and won the Grammy Award for "Best Alternative Music Album" in 1996. Billboard chart and is consistently ranked among the top ten live albums of all time. "MTV Unplugged in New York" debuted at No. Cuts from the album, released seven months after Cobain's death, would go on to become the most celebrated and defining versions of NIRVANA's songs, "About A Girl", "All Apologies", "Come As You Are" and "Dumb", as well as covers of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World", THE MEAT PUPPETS' "Lake Of Fire" and a haunting rendition of Lead Belly's "Black Girl" renamed "Where Did You Sleep Last Night".
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In a live taping for the popular "MTV Unplugged" series on November 18, 1993, approximately five months before his death, Cobain chose this guitar to paint what Rolling Stone called "his last self-portrait." NIRVANA's acoustic performance that night produced one of the greatest live albums of all time, "MTV Unplugged In New York". Julien's Auctions, the world-record breaking auction house to the stars, has announced that the guitar played by Kurt Cobain during NIRVANA's acclaimed "MTV Unplugged In New York" performance will be sold at their "Music Icons" event taking place on Friday, June 19 and Saturday, Jlive in Beverly Hills and online at .Ĭobain played this 1959 Martin D-18E in what would become NIRVANA's most legendary performance.