--- title: Kurt Cobain MTV Unplugged Sweater Sells For 137,500 description: It was auctioned alongside items owned by Elvis Presley and John Lennon canonical: https://time.com/4106514/kurt-cobain-sweater-auction/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-10T18:42:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:47.181Z og:title: Kurt Cobain's 'Unplugged' Sweater Sells For $137,500 og:description: It was auctioned alongside items owned by Elvis Presley and John Lennon og:url: https://time.com/4106514/kurt-cobain-sweater-auction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dd464716091d179/69887056e20a871a58a8e1fd/kurt-cobain-sweater.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: kurt-cobain-sweater og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kurt Cobain's 'Unplugged' Sweater Sells For $137,500 twitter:description: It was auctioned alongside items owned by Elvis Presley and John Lennon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dd464716091d179/69887056e20a871a58a8e1fd/kurt-cobain-sweater.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kurt Cobain's _Unplugged_ Sweater Sells For $137,500 by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 10, 2015 6:42 PM UTC  Kurt Cobain performs with Nirvana during a taping of MTV Unplugged on Nov. 18, 1993 in New York City. Kurt Cobain performs with Nirvana during a taping of MTV Unplugged on Nov. 18, 1993 in New York City.Frank Micelotta—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 10, 2015 6:42 PM UTC Back in 1993, Nirvana performed a now-iconic set for MTV’s _Unplugged._ During[ the performance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhcttcXcRYY), frontman Kurt Cobain sported a ratty, olive green cardigan. That very cardigan just sold for $137,500 at an auction in Los Angeles. The auction house, Julien’s, [noted](http://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/159/lot/69097/) that the Manhattan brand sweater is a blend of acrylic, mohair and Lycra and features a burn hole and some discoloration. Julien’s says it obtained the sweater from “a close friend of the Cobain family.” It was originally estimated to fetch between $40,000 and $60,000. Compared to the other items sold at the auction, Cobain’s sweater was quite a bargain. Elvis Presley’s gold leaf piano sold for $600,000 and John Lennon’s Gibson acoustic guitar went for $2,410,000. _Read next:_ [_Kurt Cobain Biographer: I Changed My Mind—Let’s Leave the Legend Alone_](http://time.com/4002000/kurt-cobain-legacy/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4106514/kurt-cobain-sweater-auction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4106514/kurt-cobain-sweater-auction/"},"headline":"Kurt Cobain's Unplugged Sweater Sells For $137,500","datePublished":"2015-11-10T18:42:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:47.181Z","description":"It was auctioned alongside items owned by Elvis Presley and John Lennon","url":"https://time.com/4106514/kurt-cobain-sweater-auction/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dd464716091d179/69887056e20a871a58a8e1fd/kurt-cobain-sweater.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dd464716091d179/69887056e20a871a58a8e1fd/kurt-cobain-sweater.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"kurt-cobain-sweater","caption":"Kurt Cobain performs with Nirvana during a taping of MTV Unplugged on Nov. 18, 1993 in New York City.","creditText":"Frank Micelotta—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4106514/kurt-cobain-sweater-auction/","name":"Kurt Cobain's Unplugged Sweater Sells For $137,500"}}]}] ```