Kurt cobain unplugged sweater replica8/13/2023 ![]() ![]() 25 and 26 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. SOLD for 334,000 A vintage cardigan sweater worn by Kurt Cobain during Nirvanas MTV Unplugged performance in 1993. The green cardigan is expected to fetch upwards of 300,000. Other auction lots include a T-shirt won by the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious, a charcoal self-portrait by David Bowie, and handwritten lyrics from Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. The Nirvana rockers iconic Unplugged sweater will be included in Juliens Auctions 'Icons & Idols: Rock N Roll' Oct. Kurt Cobain’s unwashed MTV Unplugged sweater to be auctioned off. Photos of Cobain during the Unplugged performance now rank among the most enduring images of the singer - meaning bidding will be fierce when the auction begins on October 25. The performance was released as a critically-acclaimed album following Cobain's death in 1994. ![]() Nirvana's MTV Unplugged set was different from the traditional premise of the show in a number of ways not only did the band film their live performance in a single take, but the set-list mostly included lesser known songs and cover versions of tracks by other artists including David Bowie, as opposed to the usual "greatest hits" format. "At the center stage of this event will be two important items tied to the legacy and iconography of one of rock music’s most signature artists, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, including his custom-built left-handed Fender Mustang guitar during Nirvana’s In Utero tour as well as his vintage olive-green cardigan worn at Nirvana’s most defining performance and one of rock history’s best live performances ever recorded, on MTV’s Unplugged in New York," reads the auction description at Julien's Auctions, who specialize in items of significance in contemporary culture. Also going to auction is one of the late singer's guitars: a custom-made 1993 Fender Mustang which Cobain played during Nirvana's In Utero tour. Kurt Cobains MTV Unplugged Cardigan Sells for 334,000 USD at Auction: The olive green sweater remains unwashed 25 years after the Nirvana frontmans death. it came with a handwritten letter signed by Love stating this was one of her late husband's favorite guitars.The olive green cardigan famously worn by Kurt Cobain during Nirvana's iconic MTV Unplugged performance in 1993 will go on auction later this month, as part of a two-day rock memorabilia event in New York City. ![]() The custom-built Fender Mustang guitar the Nirvana frontman played during the In Utero tour sold for $340,000. ![]() Surprisingly, the sweater wasn't the highest selling possession of Cobain's over the weekend. 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. 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. 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." American singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain (1967 - 1994), performs with his group Nirvana at a taping of the television program MTV Unplugged, New York, New York, Novemeber 18, 1993. 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. 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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