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Vicky Jessop

Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit guitar auctioned off for £3.5m

Kurt Cobain’s 1969 Fender Mustang Competition Lake Placid Blue Finish electric guitar

(Picture: PA Wire)

Bad luck music fans: Kurt Cobain’s iconic guitar has just been sold at auction for $4.55m (£3.5m).

The instrument, which is a left-handed 1969 Fender Mustang in blue, was sold as part of a three-day Music Icons auction by Julien’s Auctions. It was originally expected to fetch between $600,000 and $800,000 (£476,000 to £635,000).

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