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Kurt Cobain's Fender, Beatles drum head among $1-billion collection going to auction

Jim Irsay’s collection includes about 400 items, half guitars, featuring iconic pieces like Cobain’s Fender Mustang and the Beatles’ Ed Sullivan drum head.

Summary by New Hampshire Union Leader
In the summer of 1991, Nirvana filmed the music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on a Culver City sound stage. Kurt Cobain strummed the grunge anthem's iconic four-chord opening riff on a 1969 Fender Mustang, Lake Placid Blue with…

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Kurt Cobain’s famed Fender is part of $1 billion collection going to auction

Late billionaire businessman Jim Irsay's world-renowned guitar collection heads to auction at Christie's, New York, beginning Tuesday.

·Seattle, United States
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Kurt Cobain's Fender, Beatles drum head among $1-billion collection going to auction

Jim Irsay, the late billionaire CEO of the Indianapolis Colts, spent a fortune on the world's greatest guitar collection. Now, it's headed to auction.

·Los Angeles, United States
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Los Angeles Times broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Monday, March 2, 2026.
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