Vincent, & More Īccording to reports, the Martin guitar was previously owned by Cobain’s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, who gave away the instrument as part of the divorce settlement from her ex-husband, Isaiah Silva. Related: Surviving Nirvana Members Reunite At The Palladium, Joined By Beck, St. The khaki-colored cardigan which was also worn by the late guitarist during the 1993 Unplugged performance was also sold during a Julien’s auction last October for $334,000. It’s also worth noting that a 1957 Gibson Les Paul formerly owned by The Allman Brothers Band’s Duane Allman on the Derek and the Dominos‘ classic rock hit “Layla” recently sold for $1.25 million in 2019. The auctioneer had opened bidding for the famous guitar at $250,000 but offers drove the item’s final price to surpass the $6 million mark by an unnamed buyer, marketing the highest amount anyone has ever paid for a guitar at auction passing David Gilmour‘s black Fender Stratocaster which sold for $3,975,000 last year, and Jerry Garcia‘s “Wolf” guitar which sold for $3.2M in 2017. The instrument sold through Julien’s for a mind-blowing $6,010,000. The 1959 Martin D-18E acoustic guitar played by late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain during the band’s well-known MTV Unplugged performance in November 1993 was sold at auction late last week.
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