Kurt Cobain’s Smashed Guitar Sold for Almost Half a Million Dollars

In 1989, Kurt Cobain smashed a guitar. In 2022, that guitar sold at auction for $486,400.

Kurt Cobain
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It was part of the “Icons and Idols: Rock ‘N’ Roll” auction hosted by Julien’s Auctions, where they expected the guitar to go for $200,000, not almost half a million.

You can check out photos of the smashed guitar and get the backstory on it here.