Story at a glance
- Julien’s Auctions auctioned off a self-portrait by Kurt Cobain for $281,250.
- The self-portrait was drawn in black ink on a piece of Singapore’s TNT Music Centre stationery.
- Cobain made the drawing during the band’s 1992 Nevermind tour.
A self-portrait by famed singer Kurt Cobain was auctioned off for over $280,000 on Saturday.
Crafted on a piece of Singapore’s TNT Music Centre stationery in black ink, the Nirvana frontman made the drawing during the band’s 1992 Nevermind tour.
SOLD for $281,250! A self-portrait caricature by Kurt Cobain playing the guitar, signed on the left of the drawing “Kurdt Kobain Rock Star” and handwritten on the right “I don’t know how to play and I don’t give a hoot!” Sold now in our Music Icons at https://t.co/TiME89uOXn! pic.twitter.com/jvfHVeyXdQ
— Juliens Auctions (@JuliensAuctions) June 12, 2021
Called “Kurdt Kobain Rock Star,” the piece also reads, “I don’t know how to play and I don’t give a hoot!”
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The self-portrait was auctioned by Julien’s Auctions for $281,250.
This isn’t the first of the famous frontman’s possessions to have been auctioned off. In 2019, the sweater Cobain wore in his final photoshoot sold for $75,000 and the guitar he played on “MTV Unplugged” sold for $6 million.
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