Kurt Cobain’s Smashed Guitar to Be Auctioned for $30K

Nirvana followers have one thing on the way in which … one in all Kurt Cobain‘s guitars goes up for public sale — and it is received fairly a historical past with the late rocker.

TMZ has discovered Kurt’s white Fender Stratocaster — which he used and smashed throughout Nirvana’s 1992 European tour — will probably be open to bidders beginning Wednesday morning at 9 AM ET. For those who’re … it will set you again a minimal of $30K, which is the beginning bid.

The guitar was closely modified and repaired again to working situation all through the favored tour — which occurred because the band’s 1991 album “Nevermind” skyrocketed them to stardom and helped carry different rock to the mainstream.

Kurt’s personally owned and performed left-handed Stratocaster was obtained by a former crew member who labored with Nirvana between 1991 and 1993. It was then authenticated and inspected by famed Nirvana guitar tech Large John Duncan … so followers know it is the actual deal.

Although the minimal bid is $30,000 … one other one in all his smashed Fender Stratocasters from the ’90s bought for over half a mil in 2023. That was after his blue 1969 Fender Mustang featured in Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video bought for an astonishing $4.5 million.

The wealthy piece of rock memorabilia is about to hit the market — on-line at GottaHaveRockAndRoll — simply days after the thirty first anniversary of Kurt’s loss of life. As you already know … he died from a gunshot wound to the pinnacle on April 5, 1994 on the age of 27.

Whereas followers have speculated he was murdered through the years, a leaked copy of his alleged post-mortem report made rounds final yr because of a personal investigator named Tom Grant.

The alleged findings declare a suicide word was left in his residence — which is seen in our gallery of the crime scene — and a 20-gauge semiautomatic shotgun was discovered nonetheless in his left hand.

The alleged report additionally says he died with a mix of drugs in his physique … and photographs from the crime scene present a heroin package and different paraphernalia in a cigar field.

Kurt left behind his spouse, Courtney Love, and his daughter, Frances Bean — who not too long ago wed and had a baby with Tony Hawk’s son — when he died. Now … a fan has an opportunity to carry a chunk of his legacy.