Kurt Cobain’s ‘Unplugged’ guitar sells-off $6 million at auction

Romar Fernando

June 24, 2020

• The auction has announced that the guitar of the rock icon Kurt Cobain that was used during the legendary 1993 MTV Unplugged performance sold for a record $6 million, June 20, Saturday.

  Peter Freedman, founder of RODE microphones, was the buyer of the retro acoustic-electric 1959 Martin D-18E that Cobain played for the Nirvana’s career-defining performance in New York.

  “When I heard that this iconic guitar was up for auction, I immediately knew it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secure it and use it as a vehicle to spotlight the struggles that those in the performing arts are facing and have always faced,” said the Australian mentioned by the Julien’s Auctions.

  The starting estimate was at $1 million or over PhP 50 million, but at $6.01 million or over P300 million, this guitar was the most expensive instrument ever sold at auction.

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