Kurt Cobain’s Guitar From ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Video Fetches $4.5 Million at Auction
The 1969 Fender Mustang electric guitar played by Kurt Cobain in Nirvana's 1991 music video for their breakout hit, Smells Like Teen Spirit, sold for US$4.5 million at auction Sunday, far beyond its presale estimate between US$600,000 and US$800,000.
The buyer was billionaire businessman Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts football team, according to Julien’s Auctions, which handled the sale.
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