Kurt Cobain pizza-soaked setlist plate sells for $22,000 at auction

May 19, 2019

One Nirvana fan just bought a used paper plate that frontman Kurt Cobain ate pizza off of once for $22,000.

The sale took place at an auction put on by Julien’s Auctions, who put on their “MUSIC Icons” event on Saturday in Times Square.

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Besides the sweater, items owned by Queen, Madonna, Prince, Lady Gaga, Beyonce and more were auctions.

The paper plate also had a handwritten setlist in black marker that was used at the 9:30 nightclub in Washington, D.C. in 1990. It was estimated to sell for $1,000 to $2,000 but went for much more. You can see a photo of it below.

SOLD for 22,400! A used paper plate with a #Nirvana set list handwritten by #KurtCobain at the 9:30 nightclub in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 1990.

SOLD TODAY in our “Music Icons” #memorabilia #auction @HardRockCafeNYC and online at https://t.co/TiME89MqlX! #1990s #90s pic.twitter.com/MzumBjq15G

— Juliens Auctions (@JuliensAuctions) May 18, 2019

Another item sold was a cardigan worn by Cobain during his final photo shoot. It just sold for $75,000 at an auction.

Cobain’s sweater sold for way over its initial estimate of $20,000. He wore it for the album cover of In Utero which was released in September 1993.

You can see what that looked like below.

SOLD for $75,000! A cardigan worn by #KurtCobain in his last photoshoot with #Nirvana taken in the summer of 1993 with photographer Jesse Frohman. SOLD TODAY in our “Music Icons” #memorabilia #auction @HardRockCafeNYC and online at https://t.co/TiME89MqlX! https://t.co/ahsXX3qbxg pic.twitter.com/mZmHg7wtig

— Juliens Auctions (@JuliensAuctions) May 18, 2019

As for the Queen stuff auction off, the group’s synthesizer that was used to record “Radio Ga Ga” sold for $25,000 after being estimated at $8,000. Also, a shirt that was signed and worn by Freddie Mercury in his last filmed performance in the 1991 single “These Are The Days of Our Lives” sold for $54,400.

You can see the shirt below in the video.

Some other impressive sells were Britney Spears’ handwritten lyrics to “Baby One More Time” sold for more than $10,000. Also, a military-style jacket worn by Michael Jackson that he wore to the birthday party for President Nelson Mandela sold for $76,800.

Would you spend that kind of money for some Queen or Nirvana memorabilia? Sound off in the comments below!