How much did the most expensive guitar ever sold go for?
Music hard Data from 2020
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The answer
$6,010,000
Roughly $6M.
Kurt Cobain’s 1959 Martin D-18E, played on Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged, sold for $6.01 million in 2020. The buyer later put it on public display rather than locking it away, which in guitar-collecting circles is considered unusually decent behaviour.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Julien’s Auctions results |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2020 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | dollars |
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