Kurt Cobain’s iconic green cardigan has sold for $140,000.
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The cardigan in question wasn’t just any Cobain cardigan: it was the one worn by Cobain for Nirvana’s legendary MTV: Unplugged performance in NY in 1993.
A rock memorabilia auction was held by auction house Julien’s over the weekend, with many items belonging to superstars sold to the highest bidder.
“The Manhattan brand sweater is a blend of acrylic, mohair and Lycra with five-button closure (one button absent), with two exterior pockets, a burn hole and discoloration near left pocket and discoloration on right pocket, size medium”.
Initially, Julien’s Live opened the bidding at $20,000 and estimated that the piece of clothing would sell for somewhere between $40,000 and $60,000.
The sweater was obtained from a friend of the Cobain family, Julien’s Live says. A Valium pill bottle prescribed to Elvis Presley went for over $6,500, Whitney Houston’s 1988 Visa Credit Card application sold for $1,600, and Steven Tyler’s insurance card was purchased for the very affordable price of $256.
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John Lennon’s acoustic guitar fetched more than $2.4m (€2.2m) while a drum head used by Ringo Starr on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, meanwhile, earned a whopping $2,050,000.
