You can get your hands on the ‘Unplugged’ sweater that Kurt Cobain famously wore in 1993. And yes, it will be unwashed.
Kurt Cobain memorabilia is one of those things that you can guarantee rock fans will line up down the street for. After all, even a pizza plate used by the late Nirvana frontman went for big money at an auction. Now, the iconic sweater from the singer’s 1993 MTV Unplugged performance is up for bid.
The sweater, as reported by CBS News, is the unmistakably shaggy, olive green cardigan the famous Nirvana frontman layered over a white T-shirt and colourful dress shirt when he hit the stage November 18, 1993, at Sony Studios in New York City. That performance, of course, was memorialised on Nirvana’s subsequent live album MTV Unplugged in New York, which undeniably cemented itself as the greatest MTV Unplugged released.
Also up for auction at Julien’s Auctions “Icons & Idols: Rock ‘N’ Roll” sale on October 25th and 26th at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York, is one of Cobain’s “custom-built left-handed Fender Mustang” guitars that he used during Nirvana’s In Utero tour. This announcement follows news that Kurt and Courtney Love’s old home is also on auction.
The “Icons & Idols” auction will also host items from rock legends such as Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead and more.
You can read the official statement made by Julien’s Auctions below.
“At the center stage of this event will be two important items tied to the legacy and iconography of one of rock music’s most signature artists, Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, including his custom-built left-handed Fender Mustang guitar during Nirvana’s In Utero tour as well as his vintage olive-green cardigan worn at Nirvana’s most defining performance and one of rock history’s best live performances ever recorded, on MTV’s Unplugged in New York.”
Better start saving your money kids.
