Kurt Cobain's custom-electrified Martin D18E, used during the iconic November 1993 MTV Unplugged session and in later concerts until shortly before the frontman's death, has just pulled in a $6 million hammer price in Beverly Hills. Here's a tickle of good auction news: The very busy eagle-eyed appraisers of Julien's Auctions have pulled off yet another rock-and-roll coup. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The 1959 Martin D-18E featured in the band's performance in November 1993, five months before Cobain's death at the age of 27. York concert in 1993, is pictured at the Hard Rock Cafe Piccadilly Circus in central London on May 15, 2020, prior to the auction of the guitar in Beverly Hills in June. $4.A detail of the guitar used by musician Kurt Cobain during Nirvana's famous MTV Unplugged in New. 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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