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Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged guitar fetches over €5m at auction

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The guitar used by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain during the band’s famous MTV Unplugged in New York concert sold for a staggering $6m (€5.5m) at auction.

The 1959 Martin D-18E featured in the grunge group’s performance in November 1993, five months before Cobain’s death at the age of 27.

There had been fevered interest in the guitar in the weeks leading up to the sale and organisers Julien’s Auctions opened the bidding at $1m, but that was quickly shattered.

The winning bid came from Australian businessman Peter Freedman, owner of Rode Microphones, who bid in person in Beverly Hills, seeing off competition from around the world.

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