カート・コバーンが破壊したギター、８２００万円で落札　米

【ニューヨークＡＦＰ＝時事】米ロックバンド「ニルヴァーナ」のフロントマンだったカート・コバーンがステージで破壊したギターがニューヨークで競売に掛けられ、当初の予想価格の１０倍近い５９万５０００ドル（約８２００万円）で落札された。競売会社ジュリアンズ・オークションズが２０日、明らかにした。（写真は米ロックバンド「ニルヴァーナ」のフロントマン、カート・コバーンがステージ上で壊したフェンダー・ストラトキャスター。米カリフォルニア州ガーデナのジュリアンズ・オークションズで）
　出品されていたのは、フェンダー社製の黒のストラトキャスターで、１９９４年に自殺したコバーンも含めメンバー全員のサインが入っている。ジュリアンズ・オークションズによれば、修復されてはいるものの実際に演奏することはできない。
　ハードロックカフェとオンラインで開催された競売では、落札予想価格は６万ドル（約８３０万円）とされていた。
　３日間にわたって行われた競売は２１日に終了。その他、エディ・ヴァン・ヘイレンやエルビス・プレスリー、フレディ・マーキュリー、ビル・ワイマンらゆかりの品も出品された。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/05/22-17:20）

A guitar smashed on stage by Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain sold for nearly $600,000, several times its original estimate, an auction house said Saturday.
The busted black Fender Stratocaster has been put back together, but is no longer playable, Kody Frederick of Julien's Auctions told AFP earlier this month.
It was signed by all three members of the Seattle grunge outfit as they rocketed to global fame.
The auction house said it had expected the instrument to sell for $60,000 at the event in front of a live audience at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City.
Instead, it went for $595,000, Julien's said in a statement, calling the total astounding.
You can see here the break that took place as he slammed down the guitar, where the neck here kind of connects, as well as down here on the bottom where he slammed the guitar down, Frederick told AFP earlier in May.
Kurt Cobain, when he was on stage, when he played, he was a machine. The man was angry, and you could feel that on stage. And you would feel that by the way he would treat his instruments.
This broken element, in a strange way, from this broken musician, that really defined this rough and tumble era of music.
Nirvana's hits, many of which were penned by Cobain, included Come As You Are, Lithium and the 1991 breakout Smells Like Teen Spirit -- a track that became anthemic for a generation of alienated teenagers.
Cobain struggled with substance addiction and depression, and had a tumultuous relationship with his wife, Courtney Love.
He took his own life in April 1994.
The three-day auction, which concludes Sunday, also includes memorabilia from the careers of Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Freddie Mercury, Bill Wyman and Janet Jackson.