Kurt Cobain's infamous cardigan sells for staggering amount

Publish Date
Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 9:45AM
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Kurt Cobain's cardigan featured in the iconic MTV Unplugged set has sold for a whopping $527,466 (NZD)

Cobain wore the grungy knit at the recording in 1993, which has since become one of the most-watched recorded performances from the band.

Nirvana even went on to make an album out of the show, the first release after Cobain's death in April 1994.

This week, it was Cobain's unwashed cardigan from the show was the centrepiece of a fan frenzy with Julien's Auction hosting a bidding war for the clothing item he wore during the set.

According to Rolling Stone, the cardigan has a missing button and two cigarette burns and it "smells like a grandmother's musty attic".

Regardless, it's just been sold for over half a million dollars.

The garment was put up for auction to mark 25 years since the singer's untimely death when the 27-year-old was found at his Seattle home by an electrician who had come to fit a home security system.

This article was first published on nzherald.co.nz and is republished here with permission

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