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) - Unplugged In New York - White Vinyl (stickered p/s) - EX - German - vinyl LP - £80.00, $97.60, €88.80 (New Item) (arrived 18-Nov-2019 11:28)
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NIRVANA Unplugged In New York (1994 German limited edition 14-track LP pressed on WHITE VINYL, featuring songs performed for MTV's Unplugged, fully textured picture sleeve with square song hype sticker on the front plus llustrated credits inner. The sleeve has a small tear over the text on the spine, but is otherwise in excellent condition, whilst the shows few signs of play GEF24727)
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Nirvana (US) - Come As You Are - US - 12" vinyl - Promo - £50.00, $61.00, €55.50 (New Item) (arrived 14-Nov-2019 10:13)
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NIRVANA Come As You Are (1991 US promotional vinyl 12" featuring the 3:38 LP Version, plays the same track both sides, housed in the original custom title stickered die cut card sleeve. The sleeve displays minimal wear with just a few spots of foxing, whilst the vinyl looks barely played PRO-A-4416)
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Nirvana (US) - Come As You Are - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $14.64, €13.32 (New Item) (arrived 11-Nov-2019 09:32)
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NIRVANA Come As You Are (1991 UK limited edition 7" vinyl single also includes Endless Nameless, housed in the original glossy flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve for this copy has some minor storage marks and the vinyl has just the odd light blemish to indicate play DGCS7)
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Nirvana (US) - Nevermind - Super Deluxe Edition - Sealed - Japanese - box set - £250.00, $305.00, €277.50 (Back In Stock) (arrived 04-Nov-2019 11:39)
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NIRVANA Nevermind (2011 Japanese Super Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition 5-disc [4 x SHM-CD / 1 x DVD] boxset consisting of the original album with an additional spread of B-sides from its singles, and live versions of non-Nevermind tracks: 'Sliver', 'Been A Son' and 'School' along with a collection of cuts from the band's Smart Sessions [when Chad Channing was still their drummer] and a number of ear-piercing rehearsal takes taped directly onto a boombox. Their full live set from their performance at Seattle's Paramount Theatre on Halloween 1991 is included on both SHM and DVD. And finally, the 'Devonshire Mixes' of 'Nevermind', running in the order of the final album, albeit without Polly and Endless Nameless. A fantastic and unmissable set pressed on the audiophile SHM [Super High Material] discs, all housed in a sealed & obi-stickered deluxe box with a beautifully constructed accompanying 90-page booklet full of rarely and never-before-seen photos, documents and various other visual artifacts of the Nevermind era, with Japanese liner notes!)
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Nirvana (US) - Nevermind - toc - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $42.70, €38.85 (New Item) (arrived 01-Nov-2019 19:06)
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NIRVANA Nevermind (1991 UK/German-pressed 12-track LP, features the hit singles Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Come As You Are & Lithium, picture sleeve with illustrated credits inner. The sleeve has a price sticker tear in the top rightcorner & otherwise grades VG+ with some light edge scuffing. The vinyl remains in Excellent condition with a deep sheen & few signs of play GEF24425)
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