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Many iconic guitars have sold at auctions over the years, but here are five of the most famous and expensive ones yet.
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi is an undisputed titan of hard rock guitar, but he could never truly connect with the Gibson Les Paul, preferring an SG.
In a 1992 interview with Guitar World, he waxed lyrical about the 1969 Fender Mustang, claiming it was his "favorite." “I’m left-handed, and it’s not very easy to find reasonably priced ...
Kurt Cobain’s 1993 Fender Mustang electric guitar – known as the Sky Stang I – sold at auction on Saturday (18 November) for more than $1.5 million. The Nirvana frontman’s name has ...
The left-handed Fender Mustang electric guitar played by Cobain in his final public performance before he tragically died in April 1994 expected to fetch $1,000,000 - $2,000,000 (€922,000 - €1 ...
At the same auction, Eric Clapton's famous 1964 Gibson 'Fool' SG he used in Cream (and was later owned by Tod Rundgren) sold for $1.27 million to Jim Irsay – owner of the Black Strat and Cobain's ...
The guitar that the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain used during his last tour sold for more than US$1.5 million, an auction house announced yesterday. The American grunge icon played the sky ...
Last May the iconic left-handed 1969 Fender Mustang guitar played by Cobain in the 1991 video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” sold for $4.5 million. See a picture of the guitar below.
Earlier this year Cobain's iconic Fender Mustang guitar used in Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video sold at auction for more than $4.5 million. Back in 2020, Kurt Cobain's 1959 Martin D-18E ...
A 1973 Fender Mustang guitar smashed by Nirvana‘s Kurt Cobain has sold for $486,400 USD over at Julien’s Auctions.. In addition to being smashed, the tobacco sunburst-finished electric guitar ...