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Kurt Cobain in 1992 has sold for $281,250 at a recent Julien's Auction. Cobain depicts himself as a spiral-eyed, guitar playing stickman and pokes fun at his then-newfound fame, captioning the doodle "I don't know how to play and I don't give a hoot!" and signing it "Kurdt Kobain Rock Star." The drawing was originally given to photographer Jacque Chong, who worked with Nirvana during the band's 1992 tour of Singapore. Chong was with Cobain when he drew the picture. Like one of his greatest musical heroes, John Lennon, Cobain was a notorious doodler, with many of his drawings over the years...

While estimates are helpful when it comes to auctions, they don't always hit their mark. In fact, the bidding on a Kurt Cobain self-portrait caricature went way beyond what was initially expected over the weekend when the winning bidder took home the item for $281,250. When the auction was first announced, the item was expected to net around $10,000. The Nirvana musician created a self-portrait caricature in black felt pen on TNT Music Centre stationery. In the portrait, he's playing guitar and he signed the piece "Kurdt Kobain Rock Star." Cobain's self-deprecating sense of humor is also on d...

Updated: June 14, 2021, 2:35 am A self-drawn caricature by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain sold at auction for more than £199,000, 28 times its estimate (Julien’s Auctions/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A self-drawn caricature by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain sold at auction for more than 281,000 dollars (£199,000), 28 times its estimate. The drawing, done in black felt pen on stationary from Singapore’s TNT M...

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If one thing is clear in such uncertain times, it's that dusty old Nirvana memorabilia will always be worth a pretty penny. As we've seen in...