Nashville - SkyStang/Fool with Martin Nolan

Julien's Auctions own Executive Director Martin Nolan joins the show as this weeks guest host and expert as Julien's Auctions visits Nashville, Tennessee to put on their "Played, Worn And Torn 'Rock'N'Roll' Guitar and Memorabilia" Auction. Martin places his focus on two of Rock'N'Rolls most iconic guitars.

January 15, 2024

Julien's Auctions own Executive Director Martin Nolan joins the show as this weeks guest host and expert as Julien's Auctions visits Nashville, Tennessee to put on their "Played, Worn And Torn 'Rock'N'Roll' Guitar and Memorabilia" Auction. Martin places his focus on two of Rock'N'Rolls most iconic guitars.

NIRVANA

KURT COBAIN STAGE-PLAYED "SKYSTANG I" FENDER MUSTANG ELECTRIC GUITAR

Sold Price

$1,587,500

A 1993 Fender MG-69 Mustang, Made in Japan, serial number O 016988 in Sonic Blue finish, with original guitar strap and strings, owned and played by legendary Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain. Known as “Skystang I,” it is the most well-documented and recognizable of Kurt’s stage instruments, and certainly his most-used during the 1993-1994 In Utero touring cycle. Now, on the 30th anniversary of Nirvana’s third and final studio album, In Utero, it is fitting that the first single released from that album, “Heart-Shaped Box,” also happens to be the last song that Kurt Cobain ever publicly performed on this guitar, Skystang I.

ERIC CLAPTON

CREAM STAGE-PLAYED 1964 "FOOL" GIBSON SG ELECTRIC GUITAR (WITH MAGAZINE)

Sold Price

$1,270,000

A circa 1964, Gibson SG electric guitar, no serial number, in custom psychedelic finish, stage-played by legendary guitarist Eric Clapton throughout his career with iconic rock band, Cream. This guitar is not only an instantly recognizable instrument because it is a unique work of art with cultural significance to the psychedelic era, but it is also the instrument upon which Eric Clapton fully realized the “woman tone” that has become one of the most influential and recognizable sounds in rock history.