A pink Daisy Rock acoustic guitar, signed by Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus, has just smashed its estimate as it sells for over $100,000 at auction

Taylor Swift Daisy Rock Acoustic
(Image credit: Julien's Auctions)

A pink Daisy Rock acoustic guitar signed by Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus at the 51st Grammy Awards has sold for $104,000 at auction.

Estimated to fetch a high of $96,000, Julien’s Auctions perhaps slightly underestimated the size of the Swiftie fanbase, as it smashed that target and went comfortably into a six-figure sum.

The two artists left their mark on the guitar on February 7, 2009, the day before the pair’s duet take of Swift’s Fifteen at the Grammys.

A total of 22 bids came in for the guitar, which saw its tentative estimate of $6,000–$8,000 surpassed by bid nine during the auction on May 31.

Taylor Swift Daisy Rock Acoustic

The Taylor Swift- and Miley Cyrus-signed Daisy Rock acoustic (Image credit: Julien's Auctions)

Elsewhere, a score of notable six-strings also went under the hammer. A Charvel Art Series electric guitar, played on stage by Eddie Van Halen, doubled its estimate as it went for $78,000. Another Eddie axe, a Fender custom Frankenstein Stratocaster, sold for $45,500.

Several items related to Kurt Cobain were also listed – including, bizarrely, a portion of a Melvins tour van that featured a mural done by Cobain. It sold for $26,000. Considering the two most expensive guitars ever sold at auction belonged to Cobain, it is no surprise.

Kurt Cobain's 1989 Takamine

Kurt Cobain's 1989 Takamine (Image credit: Julien's Auctions)

Notably, however, Cobain’s 1989 Takamine acoustic remains unsold after its reserve wasn't reached. It was used during a recording session in November 1991 in Hilversum, Netherlands in the build-up to Nirvana's show at the Paradiso later that night.

The guitar was estimated to reach $300,000–$500,000, with a starting bid of $75,000.

In recent auction news, groundbreaking filmmaker David Lynch's guitars are currently up for auction – and if you're in the market for an off-kilter guitar, there's also a custom-built five-necked guitar up for grabs.

A freelance writer with a penchant for music that gets weird, Phil is a regular contributor to Prog, Guitar World, and Total Guitar magazines and is especially keen on shining a light on unknown artists. Outside of the journalism realm, you can find him writing angular riffs in progressive metal band, Prognosis, in which he slings an 8-string Strandberg Boden Original, churning that low string through a variety of tunings. He's also a published author and is currently penning his debut novel which chucks fantasy, mythology and humanity into a great big melting pot.

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