{"id":491069,"date":"2019-10-09T10:53:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T16:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=896937"},"modified":"2019-10-09T10:53:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T16:53:48","slug":"kurt-cobains-unplugged-sweater-heads-to-auction-again-never-been-washed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/kurt-cobains-unplugged-sweater-heads-to-auction-again-never-been-washed\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Cobain\u2019s \u2018Unplugged\u2019 Sweater Heads to Auction Again, Never Been Washed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For the second time in four years, the iconic green cardigan worn by Kurt Cobain<\/a> during Nirvana<\/a>\u2019s MTV Unplugged<\/em> performance will head to the auction<\/a> block. And, before you ask, yes, it has never been washed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very important that we don\u2019t wash it,\u201d Darren Julien of Julien\u2019s Auctions told Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cThe stains are still there. There\u2019s even cigarettes burns that you can see on the sweater.\u201d<\/p>\n

The current owner, a businessman who prefers to remains anonymous, kept the piece stored in acid-free tissue in a safe. The auction house now has it stashed in similar tissue and a plastic case.<\/p>\n

In November 2015<\/a>, Cobain\u2019s Manhattan brand sweater \u2014 \u201ca blend of acrylic, mohair and Lycra with five-button closure (one button absent), with two exterior pockets, a burn hole and discoloration near left pocket and discoloration on right pocket\u201d \u2014 sold for $137,500 through Julien\u2019s Auctions, far exceeding the sweater\u2019s pre-auction estimate of $60,000.<\/p>\n

The sweater will return to the Julien\u2019s block once again on October 25th with a pre-auction minimum bid set for $200,000; according to the Julien\u2019s listing<\/a>, that minimum bid has already been matched, with Cobain\u2019s cardigan expected to reach bids of upwards of $300,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cRock & roll memorabilia has become an investment,\u201d Julien said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just a collector\u2019s market \u2014 it\u2019s an investor\u2019s market. The person that bought the sweater in 2015 bought it as an investment. Now, because we\u2019ve been getting record prices for Kurt Cobain, people are starting to sell it. We anticipate that it will sell for more than double. I call it the new fine art market. People are investing more and more in pop culture, especially rock & roll. It\u2019s a way to diversify their portfolios.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like the 2015 auction, the sweater comes with a handwritten letter of provenance from Jackie Farry, Frances Bean Cobain\u2019s nanny and a close friend of Courtney Love, who gifted Farry with the sweater following Cobain\u2019s death in April 1994.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unknown who anonymously purchased the cardigan at auction in 2015, but Julien admitted it was a businessman that was a fan of Cobain\u2019s; despite the fandom, the 2015 buyer always intended on re-auctioning the sweater. \u201cHe said it was an investment and that he would come back [to Julien\u2019s] in some point in time when the time is right,\u201d Julien said.<\/p>\n

Julien\u2019s Live\u2019s Icons and Idols auction will also feature one of the custom-built guitars<\/a> Cobain used during Nirvana\u2019s In Utero<\/em> tour accompanied by a letter from Courtney Love that notes that the instrument was among Cobain\u2019s favorites. The pre-auction estimate for the left-handed Fender Mustang guitar in turquoise with red mottled pickguard is between $300,000 to $500,000.<\/p>\n

The October 25th and 26th auction also features handwritten lyrics by artists like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin and Eric Clapton, including a working draft of \u201cLayla.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, a sweater worn by Cobain during his final Nirvana photoshoot sold for $75,000 at auction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Brenna Ehrlich<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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For the second time in four years, the iconic green cardigan worn by Kurt Cobain during Nirvana\u2019s MTV Unplugged performance will head to the auction block. And, before you ask, yes, it has never been washed. \u201cIt\u2019s very important that we don\u2019t wash it,\u201d Darren Julien of Julien\u2019s Auctions told Rolling Stone. \u201cThe stains are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-491069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 20:32:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}