Collecting Nirvana - Top Five Prices for Kurt Cobain Memorabilia
In 2006, Kurt Cobain leapfrogged over Elvis Presley and John Lennon to become Forbes magazine’s Top Earning Dead Celebrity. On the memorabilia market, Kurt Cobain and Nirvana are relative newcomers and buyers are just beginning to understand their potential importance and worth.
Whereas the Beatles and other 1960s bands were predominantly the domain of Baby Boomer collectors, Kurt Cobain appeals to a younger collector who was probably an impressionable teenager when the King of Grunge committed suicide in 1994. Buyers are betting on Kurt Cobain being a good investment and they could be right – as the market becomes even more established and more collectors start to buy Nirvana, demand will increase and prices should start to go up. Buy original concert posters and flyers and sets of Nirvana autographs – these can still be relatively affordable, the artwork is fantastic and they will look fabulous on your wall until prices start to climb!
- Top Here are the Top Five prices achieved for Kurt Cobain memorabilia:
- Kurt’s Mosrite Gospel Mark IV guitar, Sold at auction in 2006 for $131,000
- Kurt’s Fender Mustang guitar, signed and inscribed, If it’s illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!, Sold in 2008 for $100,000
- Kurt Cobain’s 1953 Martin D-18 guitar, Sold at auction in 2007 for $29,875
- Original Fax from Courtney Love to Kurt Cobain, Sold at auction in 2004 for $19,120
- Childhood painting by Kurt Cobain, 1980, Sold at auction in 2004 for £11,950
