He was found dead, aged 27, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Seattle home in April 1994. The Nirvana frontman recorded the “Unplugged” session in November 1993. Julien’s Auctions said on Monday the 1959 Martin D-18E guitar that Cobain played for the 1993 live taping is going up for sale, The guitar comes with battered case, whose storage compartment contains a small suede bag where the musician is said to have stashed the heroin he was addicted to in his final years. Now the acoustic guitar the punk rocker played for Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged” session, just five months before his death, is expected to fetch around $1 million at auction in June. $4.(Reuters) - Kurt Cobain’s cardigan sold for a record $334,000 last year. Phospher Bronze guitar strings, and a small black velvet pouch containing silvertone knife, fork, and spoon lapel pins each with pinbacks. The case included three Dunlop 60mm guitar picks, a partial set of Martin & Co. Nirvana and Poison Idea both played at the September 1992 “No on 9” benefit in Portland, Oregon. It was personalized by Cobain with a flyer for Portland Oregon based band, Poison Idea’s 1990 album Feel the Darkness. The guitar is accompanied by a vintage black hardshell case used by Cobain to carry his Martin D-18E guitar.
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