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Kurt Cobain's smashed guitar sold for $100,000

A guitar used by late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain on the band's first US tour has been sold at auction for $100,000.
Read the full article on nme.com
Source: nme.com
Tags: Nirvana
warby - 26 December 2008 6:14pm

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Unsubscribed VIP said:
WOW! That a nice amount of money. My son loves Kurt Cobain's music and would have loved the guitar. He collects them. Cool.
27 December 2008 10:25pm
Unsubscribed VIP said:
How sad that a broken item can fetch such a sum and i bet he wishes that HE DID'NT HAVE A GUN!!!
30 December 2008 12:26am
Matt1968 said:
And thet say there's a credit crunch. Maybe that'll be on pay my bills.
31 December 2008 6:44pm
Unsubscribed VIP said:
What would they get for a normal guitar+what happened to the credit crunch??
2 January 2009 8:03am
paul_weller_rock_god1 said:
what guitar was it and does anyone no why he smashed it was he trying to be Pete Townsend... lol
4 January 2009 1:18pm
imarefuzor said:
Photos of that guitar from the 1989 tour.

bestrockphotos.com
18 January 2009 4:23am

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