The grey argyle patterned item, which the grunge rock star wore at a pre-In Utero photo session in the summer of 1993, more than doubled its pre-auction estimate of between $10,000 (£8,000) and $20,000 (16,000) on Saturday, Julien’s Auctions said.
Photographs of Cobain wearing the jumper, captured by photographer Jesse Frohman, also featured in his photobook Kurt Cobain: The Last session.
“The shoot was meant to take place in Central Park in New York City, but due to Cobain being sick just hours before, the shoot was relocated to the basement of the hotel where the band was staying,” auction notes for the item revealed.
“Cobain showed up three hours late to the shoot and immediately asked for a bucket due to his nausea.”
Its sale comes 25 years after the iconic singer took his own life on 5 April 1994 in the garage of his home in Seattle, Washington. He was 27.
According to Rolling Stone, Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, gave the garment to an acquaintance following his funeral.
The jumper’s sale price, despite beating expectations, still falls second behind the amount fetched for Cobain’s green cardigan from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance, which sold for $137,000 (£107,000) at auction in 2015.
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Nirvana (US) - Lithium + Sleeve - EX - UK - 12" picture disc - £35.00, $45.15, €40.95 (New Item) (arrived 24-Mar-2020 14:25)
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NIRVANA Lithium (Scarce 1992 UK limited edition 3-track 12" Picture Disc single, also including a live version of Been A Son recorded at the Paramount Theatre, Seattle on 31 October 1991 plus the previously unreleased recording Curmudgeon.The glossy die-cut picture sleeve has some light edgewear whilst the disc looks barely played DGCTP9)
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Nirvana (US) - Unplugged In New York - White Vinyl - German - vinyl LP - £125.00, $161.25, €146.25 (New Item) (arrived 23-Mar-2020 15:10)
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NIRVANA Unplugged In New York (Original 1994 German limited edition 14-track LP pressed on White Vinyl, featuring songs performed for their MTV Unplugged Session, including Come As You Are, All Apologies, Pennyroyal Tea, About A Girl and The Man Who Sold The World. The textured picture sleeve comes with the black & white picture / credit inner and the vinyl remains in barely played condition GEF24727)
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Nirvana (US) - With The Lights Out - UK - 3-disc CD/DVD Set - £19.99, $25.79, €23.39 (New Item) (arrived 20-Mar-2020 15:18)
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NIRVANA With The Lights Out (2004 UK FOUR disc set with eighty one tracks across three CDs [of which sixty eight are previously unreleased] with rare live recordings, studio outtakes and home demos recorded from 1987-1994 plus a Region0 PAL DVD featuring previously unseen material including early home movies, rehearsal footage & secret recording sessions & twenty full length videos, complete with a sixty page booklet with liner notes from Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and unpublished photos. The fold-out 10.5" x 5.5" fold-out hardback digibook has a little shelfwear at the edges but retains its embossed metal panel on the front however, all four discs look barely played!)
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Nirvana (US) - Unplugged In New York - 180gm - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.80, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 17-Mar-2020 09:41)
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NIRVANA Unplugged In New York (2017 UK limited edition 14-track LP pressed on 180gram Vinyl, originally released in 1994, the album features songs performed for MTV's Unplugged, including Come As You Are, All Apologies, Pennyroyal Tea,About A Girl and The Man Who Sold The World. Housed in a picture sleeve with illustrated credits inner. Although not sealed, this copy remains in near as new condition)
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Nirvana (US) - Treasures Of Nirvana - UK - book - £15.00, $19.35, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 12-Mar-2020 15:19)
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NIRVANA Treasures Of Nirvana (2011 UK Carlton 64-page hardback book by Gillian G. Gaar featuring the fascinating story of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana in words and pictures, with five integral pockets containing facsimilies of rare memorabilia including set-lists, tickets to the rarest shows, backstage passes and much more from a significant private collection. This unauthorised book is beautifully presented in a 12" x 10" heavy card picture slipcase with shop stickers attached)
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