Bids on Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang have already hit $2 million

Kurt Cobain Smells Like Teen Spirit Mustang
(Image credit: Rob Pinney / Stringer / Getty)

Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang is due to go up for auction later this month. Now Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay is reported to have placed an opening bid of $2 million on the instrument.

The guitar was used by Cobain in the iconic Smells Like Teen Spirit video and carried an initial estimate of $600-800,000.

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Matt Parker
Features Editor, GuitarWorld.com

Matt is Features Editor for GuitarWorld.com. Before that he spent 10 years as a freelance music journalist, interviewing artists for the likes of Total Guitar, Guitarist, Guitar World, MusicRadar, NME.com, DJ Mag and Electronic Sound. In 2020, he launched CreativeMoney.co.uk, which aims to share the ideas that make creative lifestyles more sustainable. He plays guitar, but should not be allowed near your delay pedals.