Julien's Auctions announced the sale of the sweater, which was worn by Cobain in New York City on Novemand hasn't been washed since. So if you have upward of $300,000 sitting around, go ahead-win that auction and wear the cardigan around like some kind of emo Lebowski. The green cardigan Kurt Cobain wore for Nirvana's famous 'MTV Unplugged' appearance in 1993 sold at auction for 334,000, making it the most expensive sweater auction of all time. The leftovers went up for sale with a starting bid of $4,000. The whole Unplugged set was a weird protest where they played almost exclusively covers and 3 of the songs were covers of the opening band. It is currently the most expensive sweater to ever be sold at an auction. And then there’s the weirdest one: Apparently, Courtney Love wanted comic artist Dame Darcey to make a doll for her daughter, so she snagged some of Cobain’s hair for the project. TIL that in 2019, the cardigan sweater that Kurt Cobain wore during Nirvanas MTV Unplugged concert sold for 334,000. If sweaters aren't your style, Cobain's hospital gown from Nirvana's 1992 Reading Fest show was also once on the market. There’s also been auctions for Nirvana Platinum and Gold record plaques, as well as various guitars, like Cobain’s from the final Nirvana tour. In May, a different (and honestly much cooler) Cobain cardigan-which he wore at a pre- In Utero photoshoot- sold for $75,000 at Julien’s. Replica of the one he wore when he was in Nirvana in the 90s. This is just one piece of the greater Cobain-oddities economy. it came with a handwritten letter signed by Love stating this was one of her late husband's favorite guitars.According to Julian, the winner of the 2015 auction (and the man re-auctioning the cardigan) is a businessman and Cobain die-hard: “He said it was an investment and that he would come back in some point in time when the time is right.” The custom-built Fender Mustang guitar the Nirvana frontman played during the In Utero tour sold for $340,000. The musician played the custom-built Fender Jaguar during Nirvana’s In Utero tour. Surprisingly, the sweater wasn't the highest selling possession of Cobain's over the weekend. Cobain’s Unplugged sweater was paired with a listing of his left-handed, turquoise-bodied guitar from 1993. There’s even cigarettes burns that you can see on the sweater.” “It’s very important that we don’t wash it,” Darren Julien of Julien’s Auctions told Rolling Stone earlier this month. A sweater once worn by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, as well as. 0 Hypes UPDATE (October 27, 2019): It looks like someone is the new owner of Kurt Cobain’s cardigan which the artist wore for an iconic performance on MTV Unplugged. It came with a handwritten letter of provenance from Jackie Farry, Frances Bean Cobain’s nanny and a close friend of Courtney Love, who gifted Farry with the sweater when her husband died in April 1994.Īlso important to note, the sweater has never been washed. CNN Rockers, get ready, you could own a piece of music history but only if you are willing and able to write a large check. The cardigan was sold by Julien's Auctions, which describes it as "The Manhattan brand sweater is a blend of acrylic, mohair and Lycra with five-button closure (one button absent) with two exterior pockets, a burn hole and discoloration near left pocket and discoloration on right pocket." MTV The green cardigan Kurt Cobain wore for Nirvana's famous 'MTV Unplugged' appearance in 1993 sold at auction for 334,000, making it the most expensive sweater auction of all time. A sweater once worn by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, as well as rare items from David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Madonna, and more artists, will be up for auction in New York and online, beginning. The clothing item exceeded expectations, as it was projected to go for between $200-300,000. Kurt Cobain's famed green cardigan from Nirvana's MTV Unplugged performance went up for auction this week and sold for a whopping $334,000, setting a record for most expensive sweater ever sold at auction and more than doubling its final bid of $137,000 from just four years ago.
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