


“The storage compartment of the case also contains Cobain’s half used pack of Martin guitar strings, three guitar picks, and his suede ‘stash’ bag decorated with a miniature silver spoon, fork, and knife.”

“Three baggage claim ticket stubs are attached to the handle, along with an Alaska Airlines sticker affixed to the case. “In addition, the sale of the guitar comes with its original hard-shell case decorated by Cobain with a flyer from the punk rock band Poison Idea’s 1990 album Feel the Darkness,” a release reads. Now, the guitar is set to change hands again – it will be on sale at an upcoming Julien’s Auctions Music Icons event, set for June. Her ex-husband maintained he was the rightful owner of the instrument after Frances gave the guitar to him as a wedding gift. Kurt Cobain’s daughter gave up her late father’s 1959 Martin D-18E electric-acoustic guitar, which he strummed during Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged set in 1993 – five months before his death, to settle her divorce battle with Isaiah Silva. The guitar at the centre of Frances Bean Cobain’s nasty divorce battle is going under the hammer.
