May 20, 2019

Kurt Cobain’s sweater sells for $75,000 at auction

A sweater worn by Kurt Cobain during the last photoshoot before his death went for $75,000 at an auction. The cardigan was worn by Nirvana frontman in a photoshoot for band's last album, 1993’s 'In Utero', which was released just months before Cobain’s death in April 1994. Promotional photos of Cobain in the sweater were taken by photographer Jesse Frohman, in New York hotel basement, where the band was staying, because Cobain was too sick to go to Central Park where the shoot was meant to take place. The sweater later made an appearance at Cobain’s funeral, where his late wife Courtney Love gave it to “an acquaintance”. Rolling Stone...