Nirvana frontman wore the jumper on MTV Unplugged, months before his death
A cardigan worn by Kurt Cobain during Nirvana’s appearance on MTV Unplugged has sold for $334,000 (£260,388) at auction, making it the most expensive sweater to go under the hammer.
The olive green Manhattan brand acrylic and mohair cardigan was sold during Julien’s Auctions’ two-day auction of rock memorabilia at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. The auction house described it as “one of the most famous sweaters in music history”.
Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York was recorded at Sony Music Studios in front of a live audience five months before Cobain killed himself on April 5, 1994.
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