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Kurt Cobain’s smashed guitar sells for over $900,000

A Fender Stratocaster guitar smashed by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain has sold for nearly $US600,000 ($902,010) at auction – more than 10 times what it was expected to go for.

The reconstructed left-handed guitar – covered in chips, scratches and the original three bandmembers’ inscriptions – garnered 31 bids and fetched $596,000 at auction, according to Julien’s Auctions.

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