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# Kurt Cobain MTV Unplugged Guitar Sells For $6M, Michael Jackson Glove Earns Just $430K
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/kurt-cobain-mtv-unplugged-guitar-sells-for-6m-michael-jackson-glove-nabs-430k/
- Published: 2020-06-23T12:36:14.000Z
- Updated: 2020-06-23T12:40:22.000Z
- Description: A guitar used by Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain drew an eye-popping $6 million at auction. Cobain used the guitar, a 1959 Martin D-18E, during Nirvana’s famed 1993 “MTV Unplugged” performance just. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2020/06/kurt-cobain-mtv-unplugged-guitar-sells-for-6m-michael
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Live & Ticketing, Major Labels, Music Business, MTV, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:51

A guitar used by Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain drew an eye-popping $6 million at auction.

Cobain used the guitar, a 1959 Martin D-18E, during Nirvana’s famed 1993 “MTV Unplugged” performance just a few months before he committed suicide.

![The Guitar Kurt Cobain Played During His 'Unplugged' Performance On MTV Sold For $6 Million At Auction](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/celebrityaccess-com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/kurt-cobain.png)

Bids for the guitar started at $1 million and the guitar was ultimately purchased by Australian Peter Freedman, owner of Røde Microphones, the AP reported.

The sale was part of a collection of rock memorabilia auctioned off by Julien’s Auctions in LA.

Other items included a custom guitar used in the 1980s and 1990s by Prince including on the Purple Rain tour, which sold for a reported $563,500, according to the AP.

A sequined glove, worn by the late King of Pop Michael Jackson during Motown 25, was also sold for a winning bid of $430,000.

*Photo of Kurt Cobain. Credit: Julie Kramer \[[CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0?ref=hypebot.com)\], [via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kurt%5FSt%5FThomas%5F1991%5Fcropped.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)*

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