“It’s kind of a weird, powerful thing when you do something like that, when we put on somebody else’s ,” he said. “The stains are still there.” Kletjian confirms that he’s kept the sweater in mint-grunge condition he put it on only once, but took it off after less than 40 seconds. “It’s very important that we don’t wash it,” Darren Julien of Julien’s Auctions told Rolling Stone earlier this month. The cardigan is now worth more than 8,000 times its approximate original price - despite (or, rather, because of) the funk. However, Chrisman-Campbell located a Manhattan brand ad from the early Sixties in which a similar sweater cost $15.95. Perry Ellis no longer employs anyone who worked at Manhattan Industries during that era, so Medici can’t confirm which line the piece came from. When the sweater arrived at Kletjian’s house via overnight mail, he says, “I opened it up and it immediately hits me: ‘Oh, now I’m also going to be responsible for this.’ It was kind of like when my children were born years ago I was so happy to see them, but then I was like, ‘Oh no…’ ” Garrett Kletjian, the owner of professional race car team Forty7 Motorsports, is the current self-described “custodian” of the garment he purchased it at Julien’s Auctions in November 2015. The story of where it came from and what happened to it is more than a half-century long. But more than 25 years ago, it was wrapped around Kurt Cobain during Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance. The cardigan’s not studded with diamonds or knit by a couture atelier. Still, the last time it sold, it fetched a whopping $137,500. It smells like a grandmother’s musty attic. There’s a missing button and two cigarette burns. It has a mysterious stain in one of its pockets - “some kind of brown, crunchy something in there,” according to the sweater’s owner, which he guesses could be chocolate, or vomit. You can watch a clip of Nirvana's Unplugged performance below.The world’s most expensive cardigan is locked in a gun safe in rural Pennsylvania. The left-handed teal Fender Mustang is estimated to reach $300,000-$500,000 with a starting bid of $75,000.īoth items are accompanied by a handwritten letter from Courtney Love. It’s a way to diversify their portfolios.” People are investing more and more in pop culture, especially rock & roll. We anticipate that it will sell for more than double. Now, because we’ve been getting record prices for Kurt Cobain, people are starting to sell it. The person that bought the sweater in 2015 bought it as an investment. “It’s not just a collector’s market - it’s an investor’s market. “Rock & roll memorabilia has become an investment,” Julien explains. The item is estimated to reach upwards of $200,000-$300,000. 25, the item has a starting bid of $50,000 according to its listing. Hitting Julien's block once again on Oct. The sweater first hit the auction block through Julien's Auctions in November 2015 and sold for $137,500. There’s even cigarettes burns that you can see on the sweater.” “It’s very important that we don’t wash it,” Darren Julien of Julien’s Auctions tells Rolling Stone. The current owner of the iconic sweater, who wishes to remain anonymous, kept the item in acid-free tissues and stored it in a safe. Julien's Auctions announced today that the olive green cardigan and custom 1993 Fender Cobain used during the In Utero tour will be going up for auction. Read more: Instagram releases emo dark mode function - here’s how to activate it
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