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Kurt Cobain-signed 1973 Fender Mustang – which he smashed onstage in 1989 – goes up for auction
By Matt Owen published
The signed guitar was later exchanged for a Gibson SG, after Cobain's guitar-smashing antics left him without a guitar to play for Nirvana's gigs

Alex Lifeson partners with Julien's Auctions to sell over 100 items of used guitar gear and Rush memorabilia
By Sam Roche published
Guitars up for sale include Lifeson's “Whitey” Gibson ES-355TD, a 1980 custom-built Hentor Sportscaster and a Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck created specifically for Rush's 40th Anniversary tour

Guitars played by David Gilmour, the Edge, Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton and more rake in huge figures in all-star auction
By Matt Owen published
Clapton's $625,000 Martin D-45 was the highest-selling instrument at Julien’s Auctions mammoth Icons & Idols event, closely followed by The Edge's Gibson Explorer, which went for $437,500

A David Gilmour-owned Fender Strat, Elvis Presley stage-played Martin D-28 and Eddie Van Halen-signed Fender “Frankenstrat” to hit the auction block
By Sam Roche published
The guitars will be listed on November 19 and 20 as part of Julien's Auctions' Icons & Idols: Rock 'N' Roll auction

Kurt Cobain’s stage-played DOD Grunge pedal sells at auction for $16,000
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The stompbox was used and abused at a Nirvana show in 1993

Get an exclusive preview of the massive upcoming Gretsch Family Archives auction
By Richard Bienstock published
Dozens of guitars from Tom Petty, George Harrison, Bono and more are on the block at Julien's Auctions

Dozens of guitars from Tom Petty, George Harrison, Bono and more are on the block at mammoth Gretsch Family Archives auction
By Richard Bienstock published
You can also pick up Gretsch prototypes, mandolins, banjos, amps, drums and even factory tools

Wolfgang Van Halen criticizes EVH guitar auction: "The only place they’d possibly belong is in a museum"
By Richard Bienstock published
Auction house responds to criticisms of the sale, claiming the guitars were consigned weeks before Eddie Van Halen’s death in October
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